Stiff person syndrome presenting with sudden onset of shortness of breath and difficulty moving the right arm: A case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Goodson, Bradley ^a   Martin, Kate ^a   Hunt, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; BACLOFEN; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 5 LEIDEN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODY; CLONAZEPAM; FIBRINOGEN; GLUCOSE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE ANTIBODY; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE SODIUM SUCCINATE; OXYCODONE PLUS PARACETAMOL; PERCOCET; PROTEIN C; PROTEIN S; PROTHROMBIN; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; THYROTROPIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPHAGIA; DYSPNEA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; ENZYME ASSAY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FINGER; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMIPLEGIC MIGRAINE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PALPATION; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN C DEFICIENCY; PROTEIN S DEFICIENCY; RANGE OF MOTION; SPASTICITY; STIFF MAN SYNDROME; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 77951225652     PISSN: 17521947     EISSN: 17521947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-1947-4-118     Document Type: Article

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