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Anti-glutamic acid decarboxylase 65: Related stiff person syndrome – A report of two cases and literature review [PDF]
SAGE Open Medical Case ReportsStiff person syndrome is a rare neurological disorder characterized by muscular rigidity, painful spasms, and gait abnormalities. The diagnosis is primarily clinical and often requires a high index of suspicion.
Ena Elizabeth L. Naoe +3 more
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Practical Neurology, 2011 Stiff person syndrome (SPS) is a rare disorder, characterised by fluctuating rigidity and stiffness of the axial and proximal lower limb muscles, with superimposed painful spasms and continuous motor unit activity on electromyography. Although rare in general neurology practice, once observed it is unforgettable.
Shahrzad, Hadavi +3 more
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Case report of stiff - person syndrome and literature review [PDF]
IBRO Neuroscience ReportsObjective: Currently, there is no objective evaluation method to measure muscle tension and therapeutic effects in patients with stiff person syndrome (SPS). We aimed to investigate objective evaluation criteria for diagnosis and treatment.
Qiongfang Zhang +5 more
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The many faces of gastrointestinal dysfunction in stiff person syndrome spectrum disorders
Frontiers in Neurology, 2023 IntroductionThe effect of stiff person syndrome spectrum disorders (SPSD) on the gastrointestinal tract (GIT) is unknown. This case series aims to characterize the prevalence and types of GI dysfunction in individuals with SPSD.MethodsA retrospective ...
Jacqueline Koshorek +10 more
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Polycythemia vera and stiff-person syndrome: a case report [PDF]
BMC NeurologyBackground Polycythemia vera (PV) is a myeloproliferative neoplasm, characterized by trilineage hypercellularity, which increases the risk of thrombosis.
Haixia Mu +8 more
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Oculomotor Abnormalities in Anti-Glutamic Acid Decarboxylase-Positive Stiff Person Syndrome [PDF]
Neurology InternationalBackground: Antibodies to glutamic acid decarboxylase (anti-GAD) can give rise to stiff person syndrome (SPS), an infrequent autoimmune condition of the central nervous system marked by fluctuating muscular rigidity and stimulus-evoked spasms ...
Pavol Skacik +6 more
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Proposing Bromo-Epi-Androsterone (BEA) for Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS) [PDF]
MicroorganismsSPS is characterized by progressive spasmodic muscular rigidity. SPS is thought to be an autoimmune disease with a prominent feature of antibodies against glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD). GAD is responsible for the enzymatic conversion of glutamic acid
Coad Thomas Dow
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Status Spasticus in Stiff-Person Syndrome [PDF]
Annals of Indian Academy of NeurologyBhadra S Nair, Boby Varkey Maramattom
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Celiac disease with neurological manifestations mimicking stiff‐person syndrome [PDF]
JGH OpenCeliac disease (CD), a gluten‐related disease, is a multi‐system rare disorder mainly involving the gastrointestinal tract. The clinical signs of CD are exceedingly heterogeneous, which increases the difficulty of clinical differential diagnosis ...
Jie Niu +4 more
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Extracorporeal photopheresis in stiff person syndrome [PDF]
Frontiers in ImmunologyYandy Marx Castillo-Aleman +1 more
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