Childhood onset of stiff-man syndrome

JAMA Neurology

Volumn 70, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1531-1536

  Clardy, Stacey L ^a   Lennon, Vanda A ^a,b   Dalmau, Josep ^c,d   Pittock, Sean J ^a   Jones Jr , H Royden ^e   Renaud, Deborah L ^a   Harper Jr , Charles M ^a   Matsumoto, Joseph Y ^a   McKeon, Andrew ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b MAYO GRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

^e BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; AZATHIOPRINE; BACLOFEN; BOTULINUM TOXIN; CYCLOBENZAPRINE; DANTROLENE; DIAZEPAM; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 65; GLYCINE RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; HYDROXYZINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; PREDNISONE; RITUXIMAB; STEROID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DYSPNEA; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; GRAVES DISEASE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CRAMP; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; MUSCLE SPASM; MYOCLONUS; ONSET AGE; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANKIN SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SENSORIMOTOR NEUROPATHY; STIFF MAN SYNDROME; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VITILIGO;

EID: 84890390583     PISSN: 21686149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2013.4442     Document Type: Article

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