Monireh Eslami

Department of Neurology, Rasoul Akram Hospital, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

[ 1 ] - Stiff person case misdiagnosed as conversion disorder: A case report

Background: Stiff person syndrome (SPS) is a rare neurological disease resulting in stiffness and spasm of muscles. It initially affects the axial muscles and then spread to limb muscles. Emotional stress exacerbated the symptoms and signs of the disease. The pathophysiology of the disease is caused by the decreased level of the glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD) activity due to an autoantibody ...

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