Stiff Person Syndrome-The Less Common Antibody: A Case Report
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2020
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Stiff Person syndrome (SPS) is a rare, disabling syndrome characterized by progressive muscle stiffness and axial rigidity. It may have an autoimmune, paraneoplasticor cryptogenic etiology. A 59-year-old woman presented with stiffness and involuntary spasms in the lower extremities. In a neurologic examination, lowerextremity and axial rigidity were revealed. Anti-glutamic acid decarboxylase antibody was negative, anti-amphiphysin was antibody positive. She was diagnosedas having SPS. The symptoms were improved after intravenous immunoglobulin and cancer therapy.
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Türk Nöroloji Dergisi
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