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ea0041ep346 | Clinical case reports - Thyroid/Others | ECE2016

Stiff-person syndrome and type 1 diabetes mellitus

Filho Antonio F Oliveira , Almeida Rossana C , Brito Eveline M C , Nunes Adriana B

Stiff person syndrome (SPS) is a rare disease characterized by progressive muscle rigidity and spasms, which can lead to functional disability. This condition can be challenging to diagnose if there is no high index of suspicion. Its etiology is unknown, but one of the most likely causes is autoimmune aggression, which is corroborated by that fact that it is associated with other autoimmune diseases in half of the cases described in literature.We will pr...