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  2. Stiff-person syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Stiff-person syndrome (SPS), also known as stiff-man syndrome, [1] is a rare neurological disorder of unclear cause characterized by progressive muscular rigidity and stiffness. The stiffness primarily affects the truncal muscles and is characterised by spasms , resulting in postural deformities.

  3. What is stiff-person syndrome? - AOL

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    Stiff-person syndrome — often called SPS — is a rare autoimmune disorder, meaning that infection-fighting cells in the body mistakenly attack healthy tissues.

  4. List of abbreviations for diseases and disorders - Wikipedia

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    Acquired immune deficiency syndrome AIP Acute intermittent porphyria: ALA DD Doss porphyria/ALA dehydratase deficiency/Plumboporphyria (the disease is known by multiple names) ALD Alcoholic liver disease: ALI Acute lung injury: ALL Acute lymphoblastic lymphoma, acute lymphocytic leukemia: ALS Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: AMD Age-related ...

  5. List of neurological conditions and disorders - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of major and frequently observed neurological disorders (e.g., Alzheimer's disease), symptoms (e.g., back pain), signs (e.g., aphasia) and syndromes (e.g., Aicardi syndrome). There is disagreement over the definitions and criteria used to delineate various disorders and whether some of these conditions should be classified as ...

  6. Celine Dion Diagnosed With Rare Neurological Disease Called ...

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    According to the Mayo Clinic, Stiff Person Syndrome is "a rare disorder of motor function characterized by involuntary stiffness of axial muscles and superimposed painful muscle spasms, which are ...

  7. Celine Dion Diagnosed With Stiff Person Syndrome: What to ...

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    Celine Dion, who on Thursday announced she's battling Stiff Person Syndrome, has been diagnosed with an incurable neurological disease so extremely rare that, according to the famed Cleveland ...

  8. What is stiff-person syndrome? Celine Dion postpones ... - AOL

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    “I have to admit it’s been a struggle,” Celine Dion said of her recently discovered disorder.

  9. Adult-onset Still's disease - Wikipedia

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    Adult-onset Still's disease (AOSD) is a form of Still's disease, a rare systemic autoinflammatory disease characterized by the classic triad of fevers, joint pain, and a distinctive salmon-colored bumpy rash. The disease is considered a diagnosis of exclusion. [1] Levels of the iron-binding protein ferritin may be extremely elevated with this ...