Pathological findings in a case of stiff person syndrome with anti-GAD antibodies

Movement Disorders

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2138-2139

  Witherick, Jonathan ^a   Highley, J Robin ^b   Hadjivassiliou, Marios ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; CD68 ANTIGEN; GAD ANTIBODY; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HYALIN; LIPOFUSCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; AUTOPSY; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BRAIN SLICE; CASE REPORT; CELL INCLUSION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SWELLING; CELL VACUOLE; CYTOPLASM; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; GLIOSIS; GRAY MATTER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LETTER; LEWY BODY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LYSOSOME; MACROPHAGE MIGRATION; MALE; MICROGLIA; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE SPASM; MYALGIA; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL GANGLION; STIFF MAN SYNDROME; TACTILE STIMULATION;

AGED; ANTIBODIES, ANTI-IDIOTYPIC; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; MOTOR NEURONS; STIFF-PERSON SYNDROME;

EID: 80052963505     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.23784     Document Type: Letter

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