Glutamic Acid Decarboxylase Antibodies in Satoyoshi Syndrome [4]

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 450-451

  Drost, Gea ^a   Verrips, Aad ^b   Hooijkaas, Herbert ^c   Zwarts, Machiel ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b CANISIUS WILHELMINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE ANTIBODY; PREDNISONE;

ALOPECIA; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HAIR ROOT; HUMAN; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MALABSORPTION; MUSCLE SPASM; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; ONSET AGE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SATOYOSHI SYNDROME; STIFF MAN SYNDROME; SYNDROME;

ALOPECIA; ANTIBODIES; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; BONE DISEASES, METABOLIC; CHILD; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; HUMANS; PAIN; SPASM; SYNDROME;

EID: 1442280300     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.20007     Document Type: Letter

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