The stiff limb syndrome - A new case and a literature review [2]

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 250, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 488-490

  Bartsch, T ^a,b   Herzog, J ^a   Baron, R ^a   Deuschl, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACLOFEN; CLONAZEPAM; CORTISONE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DIAZEPAM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LABORATORY TEST; LEG; LETTER; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUSCLE SPASM; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; STIFF LIMB SYNDROME;

AGED; ANTIBODIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; HUMANS; LEG; STIFF-PERSON SYNDROME;

EID: 0037393383     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-003-1002-7     Document Type: Letter

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