02/15/2019

Neurologia" (The English Edition) November - December 2016 Neurology Service, Son Llàtzer Hospital, Palma de Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain Focal and long-term form of the syndrome of the rigid person Stiff person syndrome (SPS) is a rare disorder characterised by muscle rigidity and painful intermittent spasms. It has been suggested to have an autoimmune basis since it features antibodies which act on the GABAergic system and it is associated with other autoimmune disorders.1–3 It affects

02/13/2019

IG Living February - March 2019 Immune Globulin - Each Product Is Unique Ronale Tucker Rhodes, M.S. The current availability of multiple immune globulin (IG) products gives providers many choices when prescribing this lifesaving therapy. The benefit of product choice, of course, is that it allows providers to match the best-suited product to the patient. And, this is extremely important because, while all products contain IgG (the most common protein in the body that helps ward off infections)

02/07/2019

Check Your Diagnosis — Patient 40 Diagnosis Stiff-Person Syndrome Clinical Summary and Differential Diagnosis The clinical presentation of this patient is a relatively typical case of stiff-person syndrome. The patient had stiffness and rigidity of muscles, predominantly in the lower limbs, which resulted in slowly progressive impairment of her ability to ambulate. She had frequent superimposed episodes of spasms, precipitated by emotional stress and by sudden movements. Her intellectual