A complex case of anti-GAD antibody-related syndrome treated with Rituximab

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1847-1849

  Baroncini, D ^a   Spagnolo, F ^a   Sarro, L ^a   Comi, G ^b   Volonte', M A ^a  

^a INSPE   (Italy)

^b VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; DEXAMETHASONE; GADOLINIUM; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IRON; LEVOTHYROXINE; PARIETAL CELL ANTIBODY; RITUXIMAB; THYROID PEROXIDASE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ANTIBODY TITER; ATAXIC GAIT; ATROPHIC GASTRITIS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DYSARTHRIA; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE ANTIBODY SYNDROME; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; IRON DEFICIENCY; LETTER; LORDOSIS; MENTAL INSTABILITY; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MUSCLE SPASM; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NYSTAGMUS; OSCILLOPSIA; PARANEOPLASTIC NEUROPATHY; PLASMAPHERESIS; RIGIDITY; SEIZURE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; STIFF MAN SYNDROME; TREMOR;

ANTIBODIES; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL, MURINE-DERIVED; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; BEHAVIORAL SYMPTOMS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; FEMALE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMA EXCHANGE;

EID: 84886413734     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: 15903478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-013-1327-7     Document Type: Letter

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