GAD antibody positive paraneoplastic stiff person syndrome in a patient with renal cell carcinoma

Movement Disorders

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1343-1346

  McHugh, John C ^a   Murray, Brian ^a   Renganathan, Radhakrishnan ^a   Connolly, Sean ^b   Lynch, Tim ^a  

^a MATER MISERICORDIAE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

GAD; IVIG; Paraneoplastic; Stiff person syndrome

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HUMAN; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; MALE; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; MUSCLE SPASM; NEPHRECTOMY; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROME; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIFF MAN SYNDROME;

CARCINOMA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES;

EID: 34548244072     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.21374     Document Type: Article

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