Progressive encephalomyelitis with rigidity presenting as a stiff-person syndrome

Parkinsonism and Related Disorders

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 285-288

  Gouider Khouja, Neziha ^a   Mekaouar, Aouatef ^b   Larnaout, Abdelmajid ^a   Miladi, Najoua ^a   Khelifa, Fethi Ben ^b   Hentati, Fayçal ^a  

^a Institut National de Neurologie Tunisia   (Tunisia)

^b LA RABTA HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Corticosteroids; Progressive encephalomyelitis; Segmental rigidity; Stiff person syndrome; Thyroiditis

Indexed keywords

BACLOFEN; DIAZEPAM; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ABDOMINAL WALL; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL FEATURE; EDEMA; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; MUSCLE SPASM; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NYSTAGMUS; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; PATHOGENESIS; PLEOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIFF MAN SYNDROME; THYROIDITIS;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BACLOFEN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAZEPAM; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE RELAXANTS, CENTRAL; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; STIFF-PERSON SYNDROME;

EID: 0036162072     PISSN: 13538020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1353-8020(01)00047-5     Document Type: Article

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