title: Stiff man syndrome in a black girl.
abstract: A patient suffering from severe and continuous muscular spasms is presented. The condition has been classified as the stiff man syndrome and is the first case recorded of the condition in a young African girl. The electrophysiological, biochemical, histochemical, and ultramicroscopic aspects of this disorder have been studied. The spasm appears to be related to overproduction of brain noradrenaline.
mesh_terms: D044383:Black People; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009128:Muscle Spasticity / Q000473:pathology; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000378:metabolism; D010243:Paralysis / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D013577:Syndrome
chemical_list: D009638:Norepinephrine