Stiff person syndrome improvement with chemotherapy in a patient with cutaneous t cell lymphoma

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 938-939

  Rakocevic, Goran ^a   Hussain, Aamir ^b  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALEMTUZUMAB; BACLOFEN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DEXAMETHASONE; DIAZEPAM; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; RITUXIMAB; STEROID; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CUTANEOUS T CELL LYMPHOMA; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; STIFF MAN SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LYMPHOMA, T-CELL, CUTANEOUS; MIDDLE AGED; STIFF-PERSON SYNDROME;

EID: 84878357457     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.23706     Document Type: Letter

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