Stiff-man syndrome in a child

Movement Disorders

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 365-368

  Grandas, F ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE SPASM; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; STIFF MAN SYNDROME;

AUTOANTIBODIES; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; HUMANS; MALE; STIFF-PERSON SYNDROME;

EID: 0031883442     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.870130233     Document Type: Article

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