Variant form of stiff-man syndrome with neck pain: Report of a case treated with muscle afferent block

Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 207-210

  Mori, Yuka ^a   Kawai, Koji ^a   Morishige, Yoko ^a   Uchida, Ken Ichiro ^a   Yamamoto, Tomohisa ^a   Sakabe, Takefumi ^a   Kawai, Motoharu ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Muscle afferent block; Pain; Stiff man syndrome

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BACLOFEN; BUPIVACAINE; CREATINE KINASE; DIAZEPAM; FRUCTOSE BISPHOSPHATE ALDOLASE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LACTIC ACID; MEPIVACAINE;

ADULT; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CASE REPORT; DELTOID MUSCLE; DYSTONIA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; HUMAN; INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; MUSCLE SPINDLE AFFERENT NERVE; MYALGIA; NECK PAIN; NERVE BLOCK; REST; SLEEP; STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE; STIFF MAN SYNDROME; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; TRUNK; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

EID: 0034529885     PISSN: 09138668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005400070007     Document Type: Article

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