Stiff-man syndrome: An overview

Neurologia

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 83-88

  Stayer, C ^a   Meinck, H M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Glutamic acid decarboxylase; Progressive encephalomyelopathy with rigidity and myoclonus; Spasmodic reflex myoclonus; Stiff man syndrome

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMYOGRAM; HUMAN; LEG MUSCLE; MUSCLE SPASM; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; MYOCLONUS; REVIEW; RIGIDITY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STIFF MAN SYNDROME;

ANTICONVULSANTS; AUTOANTIBODIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; STIFF-PERSON SYNDROME;

EID: 0031966966     PISSN: 02134853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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