Painful Spasms and Rigidity of the Lower Limb Following Transverse Myelitis Associated With Sjögren’s Syndrome
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Abnorm al m usc le tone, such as spasm s, rig id ity, and stiffness, fo llow ing acute transverse m ye litis (ATM ) was such a rare m an ifestation that hard ly reported until now . W e experienced a 50 -year-o ld patient w ith ATM assoc ia ted w ith S jögren ’s syndrom e. Furtherm ore, the patients com pla ined pa in fu l spasm s and rig id ity o f le ft lower lim b wh ich begun a fter ep isode o f ATM . Journal of Movement Disorders 1(1):51-54, 2008
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