Stiff-person syndrome and type 1 diabetes mellitus
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Anti glutamate-decarboxylase antibodies: a liaison between localisation related epilepsy, stiff-person syndrome and type-1 diabetes mellitus.
We present two patients with partial epilepsy, type-1 diabetes and stiff person syndrome associated with high serum auto-antibody levels to glutamate-decarboxylase (anti-GAD). Both patients were or have suffered from additional autoimmune conditions. The presence of stiff person syndrome and elevated anti-GAD levels have to make clinicians look for additional autoimmune conditions including typ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Endocrine Abstracts
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1479-6848
DOI: 10.1530/endoabs.41.ep346