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Stiff limb syndrome: a case report
INTRODUCTION Stiff limb syndrome is a clinical feature of the stiff person syndrome, which is a rare and disabling neurologic disorder characterized by muscle rigidity and episodic spasms that involve axial and limb musculature. It is an autoimmune disorder resulting in a malfunction of aminobutyric acid mediated inhibitory networks in the central nervous system. We describe a patient diagnosed...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Cases Journal
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1757-1626
DOI: 10.1186/1757-1626-3-60