Stiff-person syndrome in a female patient with type 1 diabetes, dermatitis herpetiformis, celiac disease, microcytic anemia and copper deficiency. Just a coincidence or an additional shared pathophysiological mechanism?

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 111, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 644-645

  Bilic, Ervina ^a   Bilic, Ernest ^b   Sepec, Branimir Ivan ^a   Vranjes, Davorka ^a   Zagar, Marija ^a   Butorac, Visnja ^a   Cerimagic, Denis ^c  

^a University Department of Surgery   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^c Dubrovnik General Hospital   (Croatia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ENDOMYSIUM ANTIBODY; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; PROTEIN GLUTAMINE GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE ANTIBODY; COPPER; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BACKACHE; CASE REPORT; CELIAC DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; COPPER DEFICIENCY; DERMATITIS HERPETIFORMIS; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INTESTINE BIOPSY; LETTER; MICROCYTIC ANEMIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RASH; STIFF MAN SYNDROME; ANEMIA; BLOOD; IMMUNOLOGY; NOTE;

ANEMIA; CELIAC DISEASE; COPPER; DERMATITIS HERPETIFORMIS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; FEMALE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; STIFF-PERSON SYNDROME;

EID: 67650429657     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2009.04.006     Document Type: Letter

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