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Stiff person syndrome as the initial manifestation of systemic lupus erythematosus. 2010

Renato P Munhoz, and Hudson Fameli, and Hélio A G Teive

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008180	Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic	A chronic, relapsing, inflammatory, and often febrile multisystemic disorder of connective tissue, characterized principally by involvement of the skin, joints, kidneys, and serosal membranes. It is of unknown etiology, but is thought to represent a failure of the regulatory mechanisms of the autoimmune system. The disease is marked by a wide range of system dysfunctions, an elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate, and the formation of LE cells in the blood or bone marrow.	Libman-Sacks Disease,Lupus Erythematosus Disseminatus,Systemic Lupus Erythematosus,Disease, Libman-Sacks,Libman Sacks Disease
D008875	Middle Aged	An adult aged 45 - 64 years.	Middle Age
D003937	Diagnosis, Differential	Determination of which one of two or more diseases or conditions a patient is suffering from by systematically comparing and contrasting results of diagnostic measures.	Diagnoses, Differential,Differential Diagnoses,Differential Diagnosis
D005260	Female		Females
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