Stiff person syndrome associated with lower motor neuron disease and infiltration of cytotoxic T cells in the spinal cord

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 111, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 708-712

  Holmøy, Trygve ^a,b   Skorstad, Gjertrud ^a   Røste, Line Sveberg ^c   Scheie, David ^c   Alvik, Kirsti ^c  

^a ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Motor neuron disease; Neuroinflammation; Progressive encephalomyelitis with rigidity; Stiff limb syndrome; Stiff person syndrome; T cells

Indexed keywords

BACLOFEN; CLONAZEPAM; DIAZEPAM; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 65 ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PHENYTOIN;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANTERIOR HORN CELL; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; AUTOPSY; B LYMPHOCYTE; CASE REPORT; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL INFILTRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FASCICULATION; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOMODULATION; MALE; MICROGLIA; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MUSCLE CRAMP; MUSCLE SPASM; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PARESIS; PLASMAPHERESIS; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SPINAL CORD; STIFF MAN SYNDROME;

AGED; AUTOANTIBODIES; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; FATAL OUTCOME; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; SACROCOCCYGEAL REGION; SPINAL CORD; STIFF-PERSON SYNDROME; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, CYTOTOXIC;

EID: 68849085601     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2009.06.005     Document Type: Article

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