## Abstract We report on a 28βyearβold woman with insulinβresistant diabetes mellitus with a 5βyear history of progressive stiffness and painful spasms of the right leg, exaggerated by sudden auditory and tactile stimuli or by emotional stress. There were no signs of truncal rigidity or exaggerated
MDP08 Stiff leg syndrome: first paediatric case report
β Scribed by L. Lingappa; A. Oware; S. Shah; F. O'Callaghan
- Book ID
- 114359459
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 54 KB
- Volume
- 11
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1090-3798
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