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Explaining Stiff Person/Stiff Man Syndrome
Stiff-person
Syndrome
Current
Treatment Options in
Neurology 2003, 5:79-90
Olavo
M. Vasconcelos, MD and
Marinos C. Dalakas, MD
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Stiff
Person Syndrome
Nancy
Rodgers-Neame, MD
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The
Stiff-Person Syndrome:
An Autoimmune Disorder
Affecting
Neurotransmission of -Aminobutyric
Acid
Moderator:
Lucien M. Levy, MD,
PhD; Discussants:
Marinos C. Dalakas, MD;
and Mary Kay Floeter, MD,
PhD."
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Review
of 23 patients
affected by the stiff
man syndrome: clinical
subdivision into stiff
trunk (man) syndrome,
stiff limb syndrome, and
progressive
encephalomyelitis with
rigidity
R A Barker, T Revesz, M
Thom, C D Marsden, P
Brown
(article
abstract)
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PubMed,
National Library of
Medicine A list of many
published articles
with
some available
abstracts.
(Type in the words
Stiffman
Syndrome or
Stiff
Person Syndrome
in the search field.)
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STIFF-PERSON SYNDROME; SPS
OMIM
Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man
Johns Hopkins University
(Clicking on the light bulbs links
to related PubMed abstracts.)
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Stiffman
(Stiffperson) Syndrome
(A concise outline of
symptoms, variants,
treatments and
diagnostic testing.)
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Stiff
man syndrome presenting
with low back pain
A
Bastin, V Gurmin, R
Mediwake, J Gibbs, H
Beynon
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Stiff-man
Neurology Home Page
(Yale University site )
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Stiff Person Syndrome
Causes muscle
stiffness and spasms
Mary Ku gler, R.N.
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Specific
phobia is a frequent
non-motor feature in
stiff man syndrome
P
Henningsen
and
H-M
Meinck
(article
abstract)
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Helpful
Links
MEDLINE Plus Drug Information
(A good site to look up
medication.)
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Medical
Dictionary
Online
(Helpful
site to understand medical
terminology.)
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Free
Publications
IG
Living (An
informative source for those
who receive infusions of immune globuline (gammaglobulin)
for the treatment of SPS,
published bimonthly.)
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Neurology
Now
(A
bimonthly publication
dealing with many issues
of neurological
disorders.)
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The
Alliance For Plasma
Therapies
A
unified, powerful voice of
patient organizations,
healthcare providers and
industry to advocate for
fair access to plasma
therapies...
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Knowledge
is power. ~ Francis Bacon
~
All
difficulties are easy when
they are known. ~ William
Shakespeare ~
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