Stiff person syndrome (SPS), a basal ganglia disease? Striatal MRI lesions in a patient with SPS [6]

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 657-659

  Guardado Santervas P L ^a,b   Arjona Padillo, A ^a   Serrano Castro, P ^a   Olivares Romero, J ^a   Rubi Callejon J ^a   Alonso Verdegay, G ^a   Huete Hurtado, A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL TORRECÁRDENAS   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LEVODOPA; CENTRAL MUSCLE RELAXANT; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTOR;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORPUS STRIATUM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIFF MAN SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

AGED; BASAL GANGLIA DISEASES; DIAZEPAM; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MUSCLE RELAXANTS, CENTRAL; STIFF-PERSON SYNDROME;

EID: 34249703637     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2006.099705     Document Type: Letter

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