Atypical stiff-person syndrome with spinal MRI findings, amphiphysin autoantibodies, and immunosuppression

Neurology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 250-252

  Schmierer, Klaus ^a   Valdueza, J M ^a   Bender, A ^a   DeCamilli, P ^b   David, C ^b   Solimena, M ^b   Zschenderlein, R ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPHYSIN; AMPHIPHYSIN AUTOANTIBODY; AUTOANTIBODY; CLONAZEPAM; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DIAZEPAM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PLEOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIFF MAN SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031817040     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.51.1.250     Document Type: Article

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