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

Year: 2013

Type: article

Abstract: 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 indications that this tumor was already present at first presentation. An overview of PERM and anti-glycine receptor antibodies is given.

Source: Case Reports in Neurological Medicine

DOI: 10.1155/2013/589154

Authors: Sofie N. De Blauwe, Patrick Santens, Ludo J. Vanopdenbosch

Institutions: AZ Sint-Jan, Ghent University Hospital

Language: English

Topic: Autoimmune Neurological Disorders and Treatments

Subfield: Clinical Neurology

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $790