Effects of immunotherapy on motor cortex excitability in Stiff Person Syndrome

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 257, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 281-285

  Rossi, Simone ^a   Ulivelli, Monica ^a   Malentacchi, Maria ^a   Greco, Giuseppe ^a   Bartalini, Sabina ^a   Borgogni, Patrizia ^a   Giannini, Fabio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anti GAD antibodies; IViG; Mycofenolate mofetil; Stiff Person Syndrome; TMS

Indexed keywords

BACLOFEN; CLONAZEPAM; CORTICOSTEROID; DIAZEPAM; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; THYROID ANTIBODY; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; BRAIN CORTEX; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPHAGIA; DYSPHONIA; DYSPNEA; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EXCITABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERPLASIA; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MOTOR CORTEX; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; MUSCLE SPASM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NOTE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STARTLE REFLEX; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; STIFF MAN SYNDROME; TACTILE STIMULATION; TENDON REFLEX; THERAPY EFFECT; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURAL INHIBITION; STARTLE REACTION; STIFF-PERSON SYNDROME; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77949269001     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-009-5331-z     Document Type: Note

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