Anti-Glycine Receptor Antibody Mediated Progressive Encephalomyelitis with Rigidity and Myoclonus Associated with Breast Cancer

We describe a 66-year-old woman who presented with a dramatic course of PERM. Anti-glycine receptor antibodies were found. She stabilized after plasma-exchange and partly recovered. Eighteen months later, a diagnosis of smouldering breast cancer with bone marrow metastasis was made. There are indica...

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Autori principali: Sofie N. De Blauwe, Patrick Santens, Ludo J. Vanopdenbosch
Natura: Articolo
Lingua:English
Pubblicazione: Hindawi Limited 2013-01-01
Serie:Case Reports in Neurological Medicine
Accesso online:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/589154