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Stiff-Person Syndrome

Known as: Syndromes, Congenital Stiff-Person, stiff mans syndrome, Syndrome, Stiff-Baby 
A condition characterized by persistent spasms (SPASM) involving multiple muscles, primarily in the lower limbs and trunk. The illness tends to occur… 
National Institutes of Health

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Broader (3)

Extrapyramidal DisordersExtrapyramidal and movement disordersHereditary Hyperekplexia

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Familial Hyperekplexia

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Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
A detailed structural characterization of ribonuclease B oligosaccharides by 1H NMR spectroscopy and mass spectrometry.
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Model-based screening by risk with application to Down's syndrome.
Screening for a disorder may be carried out by assessing the risk that an individual is affected given the values of variables… 
Review
1992
Review
1992
Valproate and Carbamazepine in the Treatment of Panic and Posttraumatic Stress Disorders, Withdrawal States, and Behavioral Dyscontrol Syndromes
&NA; A number of preclinical studies and preliminary clinical reports, in some cases augmented by controlled studies, suggest… 
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Sjögren-Larsson syndrome. Deficient activity of the fatty aldehyde dehydrogenase component of fatty alcohol:NAD+ oxidoreductase in cultured fibroblasts.
Sjögren-Larsson syndrome (SLS) is an inherited disorder associated with impaired fatty alcohol oxidation due to deficient… 
Review
1991
Review
1991
Psychosocial and behavioral factors associated with risk of sexually transmitted diseases, including human immunodeficiency virus infection, among urban high school students.
Review
1990
Review
1990
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome transmission: changes in knowledge and behaviors among teenagers, Massachusetts statewide surveys, 1986 to 1988.
Despite substantial progress, adolescents remain at high risk for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. Two independent… 
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Recent trends in the prevalence and secondary prevention of Down's syndrome.
Examination of data from the Glasgow Registry of Congenital Anomalies indicated that 184 infants with Down's syndrome were born… 
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Population incidence and segregation ratios in the Martin-Bell syndrome.
A clinical and cytogenetic study of children attending schools for the educationally handicapped has been carried out in the City… 
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
The effects of passive joint mobilization on pain and hypomobility associated with adhesive capsulitis of the shoulder.
The purpose of this investigation was to determine the effects of passive mobilization and active exercises in patients with… 
Review
1963
Review
1963
Down's Syndrome (Mongolism), Other Congenital Malformations and Cancers among the Sibs of Leukemic Children
ABNORMALITIES of somatic-cell chromosomes have been associated with some cases of leukemia, with Down's syndrome (mongolism) and… 
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