Pediatric stiff-person syndrome with renal failure
Stiff-person syndrome (SPS) is an autoimmune neuronitis with progressive myoclonus and stiffness. It is a rare but treatable disorder with few case reports in children. SPS is due to autoantibodies against the enzyme glutamic acid decarboxylase which is present in neuronal and nonneuronal tissues. T...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd.
2016-01-01
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| Series: | Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice |
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| Online Access: | http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/0976-3147.165352 |