Successful treatment of stiff person syndrome with sequential use of tacrolimus

J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2013 Oct;84(10):1177-80. doi: 10.1136/jnnp-2013-305425. Epub 2013 May 28.
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Keywords: NEUROIMMUNOLOGY; NEUROMUSCULAR.

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Autoantibodies / blood
  • Brain / drug effects
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Drug Administration Schedule
  • Evoked Potentials, Motor / drug effects
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Glutamate Decarboxylase / immunology
  • Humans
  • Immunosuppressive Agents / administration & dosage*
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Motor Cortex / drug effects
  • Motor Cortex / physiopathology
  • Neurologic Examination / drug effects
  • Stiff-Person Syndrome / diagnosis
  • Stiff-Person Syndrome / drug therapy*
  • Stiff-Person Syndrome / physiopathology
  • Tacrolimus / administration & dosage*
  • Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
  • gamma-Aminobutyric Acid / metabolism

Substances

  • Autoantibodies
  • Immunosuppressive Agents
  • gamma-Aminobutyric Acid
  • Glutamate Decarboxylase
  • Tacrolimus