Double filtration plasma exchange and immunoadsorption therapy in a case of stiff-man syndrome with negative anti-GAD antibody

Journal of Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 5-6, 1999, Pages 321-327

  Hayashi, Akito ^a   Nakamagoe, Kiyotaka ^a   Ohkoshi, Norio ^a   Hoshino, Sachiko ^a   Shoji, Shin'ichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anti GAD antibody; Double filtration plasma exchange; Immunoadsorption therapy; Stiff man syndrome

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; IMMUNOADSORPTION; MALE; MUSCLE CRAMP; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; PLASMAPHERESIS; STIFF MAN SYNDROME;

ANTIBODIES; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSORBENT TECHNIQUES; IMMUNOSORBENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMA EXCHANGE; STIFF-PERSON SYNDROME;

EID: 0033508213     PISSN: 00257850     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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