Stiff person syndrome does not always occur with maternal passive transfer of GAD65 antibodies

Neurology

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2101-2102

  Nemni, Raffaello ^a   Caniatti, L M ^b   Gironi, M ^a   Bazzigaluppi, E ^c   De Grandis, D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^c SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d Rovigo Civic Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 65 ANTIBODY; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERHIDROSIS; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; MUSCLE SPASM; PASSIVE IMMUNIZATION; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; STIFF MAN SYNDROME; TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 2942527647     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000127446.61806.2F     Document Type: Article

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