Stiff person syndrome (SPS) is a relatively rare neurologic disorder that often causes disabling muscle spasms. After Celine Dion recently announced she was diagnosed with SPS it has received significant attention in the news. What do you need to know to answer your patients' questions about this syndrome and to potentially identify it yourself? Today we'll talk about the common symptoms, diagnostic tests, and treatments used for SPS. 


Celine Dion's Instagram Post
https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cl5xJY1AjAO/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Stiff-Person Syndrome
https://practicalneurology.com/articles/2020-sept/stiff-person-syndrome

Stiff-Person Syndrome: A Treatment Update and New Directions
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7793517/

Long-term effectiveness of IVIg Maintenance Therapy in 36 patients
https://nn.neurology.org/content/9/5/e200011

Evaluation of Treatment Outcomes in Patients with Stiff Person Syndrome with Rituximab vs. Standard of Care
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5524563/

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