title: Stiff person syndrome and myasthenia gravis.
abstract: Association of stiff person syndrome, an immune related disorder of anterior horn cells and myasthenia gravis an endplate disorder with similar pathogenesis, is rare. This communication documents this association in the Indian literature for the first time.
authors.forename: P K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Saravanan
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Paul
authors.forename: Zaheer Ahmed
authors.initials: ZA
authors.lastname: Sayeed
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003975:Diazepam / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004594:Electrophysiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009125:Muscle Relaxants, Central / Q000627:therapeutic use; D009157:Myasthenia Gravis / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D009388:Neostigmine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016750:Stiff-Person Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology
chemical_list: D009125:Muscle Relaxants, Central; D009388:Neostigmine; D003975:Diazepam