Stiff Limb Syndrome Mimicking Corticobasal Syndrome

Movement Disorders Clinical Practice

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 354-356

  Balint, Bettina ^a,b   Mahant, Neil ^c   Meinck, Hans Michael ^b   Fung, Victor ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

corticobasal syndrome; stiff limb syndrome; stiff person syndrome

Indexed keywords

BACLOFEN; DIAZEPAM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LEVODOPA; PREDNISONE; TIZANIDINE;

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORTICOBASAL DEGENERATION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FOLLOW UP; GAIT; HUMAN; HYPERHIDROSIS; JOINT SWELLING; MALE; METATARSOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS; STIFF MAN SYNDROME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

EID: 85040666944     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23301619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mdc3.12059     Document Type: Article

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