The horses are the first thought but one must not forget the zebras even if they are rare: Stiff person syndrome associated with malignant mesothelioma

BMJ Case Reports

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages

  Koca, Irfan ^a   Ucar, Mehmet ^b   Kalender, Mehmet Emin ^a   Alkan, Samet ^a  

^a GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b BOZOK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACLOFEN; BENZODIAZEPINE; CARBOPLATIN; DIAZEPAM; GEMCITABINE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE ANTIBODY; MEPREDNISONE; TRAMADOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; ELECTRONEUROGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LORDOSIS; MALIGNANT MESOTHELIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE SPASM; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; STIFF MAN SYNDROME;

EID: 84899637076     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1757790X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2013-203455     Document Type: Article

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