Cerebellar ataxia with glutamic acid decarboxylase autoantibodies

Neurology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 857-859

  Abele, M ^a   Weller, M ^b   Mescheriakov, S ^b   Burk K ^b   Dichgans, J ^b   Klockgether, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

AGED; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BODY POSTURE; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033541126     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.52.4.857     Document Type: Article

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