Glycine receptor antibodies and progressive encephalomyelitis with rigidity and myoclonus with predominant motor neuron degeneration - Expanding the clinical spectrum

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 353, Issue 1-2, 2015, Pages 177-178

  Kenda, J ^a   Svigelj V ^a   Rodi, Z ^a   Koritnik, B ^a   Graus, F ^b   Kojovic M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Autoimmune encephalitis; Glycine receptor antibodies; Motor neuron disease; Neurodegeneration; PERM; Progressive encephalomyelitis with rigidity and myoclonus

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; GLYCINE RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIBODY;

AGED; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASSISTED VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; FASCICULATION; FOLLOW UP; HEMIFACIAL SPASM; HUMAN; HYPEREKPLEXIA; IMMUNOADSORPTION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LETTER; MALE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR NEURON DEGENERATION; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; MYOCLONUS; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SPASTICITY; BLOOD; COMPLICATION; IMMUNOLOGY;

AGED; ANTIBODIES; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; MYOCLONUS; RECEPTORS, GLYCINE;

EID: 84929504139     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: 18785883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2015.03.049     Document Type: Letter

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