Biomaterial Database

The "stiff-man" syndrome. A report of two further cases. 1960

W H TRETHOWAN, and J L ALLSOP, and B TURNER

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D009132	Muscles	Contractile tissue that produces movement in animals.	Muscle Tissue,Muscle,Muscle Tissues,Tissue, Muscle,Tissues, Muscle
D009135	Muscular Diseases	Acquired, familial, and congenital disorders of SKELETAL MUSCLE and SMOOTH MUSCLE.	Muscle Disorders,Myopathies,Myopathic Conditions,Muscle Disorder,Muscular Disease,Myopathic Condition,Myopathy
D009462	Neurology	A medical specialty concerned with the study of the structures, functions, and diseases of the nervous system.
D004194	Disease	A definite pathologic process with a characteristic set of signs and symptoms. It may affect the whole body or any of its parts, and its etiology, pathology, and prognosis may be known or unknown.	Diseases
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D016750	Stiff-Person Syndrome	A condition characterized by persistent spasms (SPASM) involving multiple muscles, primarily in the lower limbs and trunk. The illness tends to occur in the fourth to sixth decade of life, presenting with intermittent spasms that become continuous. Minor sensory stimuli, such as noise and light touch, precipitate severe spasms. Spasms do not occur during sleep and only rarely involve cranial muscles. Respiration may become impaired in advanced cases. (Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p1492; Neurology 1998 Jul;51(1):85-93)	Moersch-Woltmann Syndrome,Stiff-Man Syndrome,Congenital Stiff-Man Syndrome,Congenital Stiff-Person Syndrome,Familial Hyperekplexia,Hereditary Hyperekplexia,Startle Syndrome,Stiff-Baby Syndrome,Stiff-Trunk Syndrome,Stiffman Syndrome,Congenital Stiff Man Syndrome,Congenital Stiff-Man Syndromes,Congenital Stiff-Person Syndromes,Familial Hyperekplexias,Hereditary Hyperekplexias,Hyperekplexia, Familial,Hyperekplexia, Hereditary,Hyperekplexias, Familial,Hyperekplexias, Hereditary,Moersch Woltmann Syndrome,Startle Syndromes,Stiff Man Syndrome,Stiff Person Syndrome,Stiff Trunk Syndrome,Stiff-Baby Syndromes,Stiff-Man Syndrome, Congenital,Stiff-Man Syndromes, Congenital,Stiff-Person Syndrome, Congenital,Stiff-Person Syndromes, Congenital,Stiff-Trunk Syndromes,Syndrome, Congenital Stiff-Man,Syndrome, Congenital Stiff-Person,Syndrome, Moersch-Woltmann,Syndrome, Startle,Syndrome, Stiff-Baby,Syndrome, Stiff-Man,Syndrome, Stiff-Person,Syndrome, Stiff-Trunk,Syndrome, Stiffman,Syndromes, Congenital Stiff-Man,Syndromes, Congenital Stiff-Person,Syndromes, Startle,Syndromes, Stiff-Baby,Syndromes, Stiff-Trunk