title: Pediatric stiff-person syndrome with renal failure.
abstract: Stiff-person syndrome (SPS) is an autoimmune neuronitis with progressive myoclonus and stiffness. It is a rare but treatable disorder with few case reports in children. SPS is due to autoantibodies against the enzyme glutamic acid decarboxylase which is present in neuronal and nonneuronal tissues. This is the case report of an 8-year-old boy with clinical and investigational features suggestive of SPS with associated myoglobin-induced renal failure, who completely recovered with treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Government Medical College, Kottayam, Kerala, India.
authors.forename: M Veerendra
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Government Medical College, Kottayam, Kerala, India.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Savida
keywords: Glutamic acid decarboxylase; myoclonus; rituximab; stiff-person syndrome