Presentation of opsoclonus myoclonus ataxia syndrome with glutamic acid decarboxylase antibodies

BMJ Case Reports

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Bhandari, Hanul Srinivas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESCITALOPRAM; ETIRACETAM; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG MEGADOSE; DYSMETRIA; EYE MOVEMENT DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETHARGY; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MYOCLONUS; OPSOCLONUS; OPSOCLONUS MYOCLONUS SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENSION HEADACHE;

EID: 84865587987     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1757790X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2012-006339     Document Type: Article

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