Stiff-leg syndrome: A focal form of stiff-man syndrome

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 400-403

  Saiz, Albert ^a   Graus, Francesc ^a   Valldeoriola, Francesc ^a   Valls Solé, Josep ^a   Tolosa, Eduardo ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG MUSCLE; MUSCLE SPASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; STIFF MAN SYNDROME;

AUTOANTIBODIES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; HUMANS; LEG; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REFLEX; STIFF-PERSON SYNDROME;

EID: 0031891594     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.410430322     Document Type: Article

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