Stiff-person syndrome

Parkinsonism and Related Disorders

Volumn 15, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2009, Pages

  Gershanik, Oscar S ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO FUNDACIÓN FAVALORO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Continuous muscle activity; GAD antibodies; Rigidity; Spasms; Stiff person

Indexed keywords

BACLOFEN; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; DIAZEPAM; ETIRACETAM; GABAPENTIN; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 65 ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; PROPOFOL; RITUXIMAB; STEROID; TIAGABINE; TIZANIDINE; VALPROIC ACID; VIGABATRIN;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AKINESIA; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE DURATION; DYSTONIA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALITIS; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MENTAL DISEASE; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; MUSCLE SPASM; NEUROLEPTIC MALIGNANT SYNDROME; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; ONSET AGE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PARKINSONISM; PATHOGENESIS; PHOBIA; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE SUPRANUCLEAR PALSY; SEX RATIO; SHY DRAGER SYNDROME; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; STIFF MAN SYNDROME; SUDDEN DEATH;

HUMANS; STIFF-PERSON SYNDROME;

EID: 71849094183     PISSN: 13538020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1353-8020(09)70799-0     Document Type: Article

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