Clinically disparate stiff-person syndrome with GAD65 autoantibody in a father and daughter

Neurology

Volumn 61, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1291-1293

  Burns, Ted M ^a,b   Jones, H R ^a   Phillips II, L H ^b   Bugawan, T L ^c   Erlich, H A ^c   Lennon, V A ^d  

^a LAHEY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c ROCHE MOLECULAR SYSTEMS   (United States)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; AZATHIOPRINE; BACLOFEN; DIAZEPAM; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 65 ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PREDNISONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FATHER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE SPASM; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIFF MAN SYNDROME;

EID: 0242578771     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000092016.98256.21     Document Type: Article

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