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Nervous System Diseases > Neuromuscular Diseases > Stiff-Person Syndrome
Nervous System Diseases > Central Nervous System Diseases > Spinal Cord Diseases > Stiff-Person Syndrome
Immune System Diseases > Autoimmune Diseases > Autoimmune Diseases of the Nervous System > Stiff-Person Syndrome
Nervous System Diseases > Autoimmune Diseases of the Nervous System > Stiff-Person Syndrome

Preferred term

Stiff-Person Syndrome  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Congenital Stiff Man Syndrome
  • Congenital Stiff-Man Syndrome
  • Congenital Stiff-Man Syndromes
  • Congenital Stiff-Person Syndrome
  • Congenital Stiff-Person Syndromes
  • Moersch Woltmann Syndrome
  • Moersch-Woltmann Syndrome
  • Startle Syndrome
  • Startle Syndromes
  • Stiff-Baby Syndrome
  • Stiff-Baby Syndromes
  • Stiff Man Syndrome
  • Stiff-Man Syndrome
  • Stiffman Syndrome
  • Stiff-Man Syndrome, Congenital
  • Stiff-Man Syndromes, Congenital
  • Stiff-Person Syndrome, Congenital
  • Stiff-Person Syndromes, Congenital
  • Stiff Trunk Syndrome
  • Stiff-Trunk Syndrome
  • Stiff-Trunk Syndromes
  • Syndrome, Congenital Stiff-Man
  • Syndrome, Congenital Stiff-Person
  • Syndrome, Moersch-Woltmann
  • Syndromes, Congenital Stiff-Man
  • Syndromes, Congenital Stiff-Person
  • Syndromes, Startle
  • Syndromes, Stiff-Baby
  • Syndromes, Stiff-Trunk
  • Syndrome, Startle
  • Syndrome, Stiff-Baby
  • Syndrome, Stiff-Man
  • Syndrome, Stiffman
  • Syndrome, Stiff-Trunk

Scope note

  • A condition characterized by persistent spasms (SPASM) involving multiple muscles, primarily in the lower limbs and trunk. The illness tends to occur in the fourth to sixth decade of life, presenting with intermittent spasms that become continuous. Minor sensory stimuli, such as noise and light touch, precipitate severe spasms. Spasms do not occur during sleep and only rarely involve cranial muscles. Respiration may become impaired in advanced cases. (Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p1492; Neurology 1998 Jul;51(1):85-93)

History note

  • 2000(1992)

In other languages

  • jäykkyysoireyhtymä

    Finnish

  • Moersch-Woltmann
  • Moersch-Woltmannin oireyhtymä
  • Moersch-Woltmannin syndrooma
  • Stiff man
  • Stiff-man-oireyhtymä
  • Stiff-man-syndrooma
  • Stiff person syndrom

    Swedish

  • Familjär hyperekplexi
  • Hereditär hyperekplexi
  • Moersch-Woltmanns syndrom
  • Ärftlig hyperekplexi

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D016750

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