title: On the mechanism of sudden death in Moersch-Woltman syndrome.
abstract: A patient dying in the hospital with Moersch-Woltman Stiff-person syndrome (MWS) suffered from episodic, severe, uncompensated metabolic acidosis. Possible explanations for the acid-base abnormalities in this neurologic disorder are proposed.
mesh_terms: D000138:Acidosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000401:mortality; D000328:Adult; D003645:Death, Sudden / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013035:Spasm / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000401:mortality; D013577:Syndrome