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
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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.
OBJECTIVE To investigate whether the stiff limb syndrome may be separated from the stiff man syndrome and progressive encephalomyelitis with rigidity on simple clinical grounds, and whether such a distinction has implications for aetiology, treatment, and prognosis. METHODS Twenty three patients referred over a 10 year period with rigidity and spasms in association with continuous motor unit ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0022-3050
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.65.5.633