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References about Stiff-Person Syndrome
Barker, R, and Marsden C.
Successful Treatment of Stiff Man
Syndrome with Intravenous Immunoglobulin. Journal of Neurology,
Neurosurgery, and Neuropsychiatry, 62; 426 (1997)
Bradley, W, et al (eds).
Neurology in Clinical Practice:
Principles of Diagnosis and Management, vol. II Butterworth-Heinemann,
Boston, p. 367 (1991)
Levy, L., Floeter, MK, and Dalakas, M.
Stiff-person syndrome
-- an autoimmune disorder affecting gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)
neurotransmission. Annals of Internal Medicine 131; 522-530 (1999)
McEvoy, K.
Stiff-man Syndrome. Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 66;
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McEvoy, K.
Stiff-man Syndrome. Seminars in Neurology, 11:3;
197-204 (September 1991)
Spada, P, and Spada, J.
Stiff-man Syndrome: A Rare Disorder
of the Central Nervous System. Journal of Neuroscience Nursing, 26:6;
364-366 (December 1994)
Thoene, J (ed).
Physicians' Guide to Rare Diseases Dowden
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(Source: excerpt from NINDS Stiff-Person Syndrome Information Page: NINDS)
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