Glycine receptor autoimmune spectrum with stiff-man syndrome phenotype

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 44-50

  Andrew McKeon, ^a   Martinez Hernandez, Eugenia ^b   Lancaster, Eric ^d   Matsumoto, Joseph Y ^a   Harvey, Robert J ^e   Kathleen M McEvoy, ^a   Pittock, Sean J ^a   Lennon, Vanda A ^a   Dalmau, Josep ^c,d  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; AZATHIOPRINE; DIAZEPAM; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 65; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 65 ANTIBODY; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; GLYCINE RECEPTOR ALPHA1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; MEPREDNISONE; PREDNISONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACLOFEN; BLEOMYCIN; CLONAZEPAM; CORTICOSTEROID; DACARBAZINE; DOXORUBICIN; GLYCINE RECEPTOR ALPHA 1 ANTIBODY; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; STEROID; VINBLASTINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MYOCLONUS; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHENOTYPE; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; RIGIDITY; SCOLIOSIS; SEROLOGY; STIFF MAN SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; AGED; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; BRAIN STEM; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CASE REPORT; CELL STRAIN HEK293; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; ONSET AGE; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BRAIN STEM INJURY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CIRCULATION DISORDER; CHILD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; MONOTHERAPY; OPTIC NERVE ATROPHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROGRESSIVE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS WITH RIGIDITY AND MYOCLONUS; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINAL HYPEREXCITABILITY DISORDER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THYROID DISEASE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AUTOANTIBODIES; BRAIN STEM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEK293 CELLS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RECEPTORS, GLYCINE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STIFF-PERSON SYNDROME;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872544843     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2013.574     Document Type: Article

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