Inhibition of γ-aminobutyric acid synthesis by glutamic acid decarboxylase autoantibodies in stiff-man syndrome

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 194-201

  Dinkel, Klaus ^a   Meinck, Hans Michael ^b   Jury, Karin M ^a   Karges, Wolfram ^a   Richter, Wiltrud ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; MUSCLE SPASM; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIFF MAN SYNDROME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CEREBELLUM; FEMALE; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RATS; STIFF-PERSON SYNDROME; SYNAPTOSOMES;

EID: 0031877390     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.410440209     Document Type: Article

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