Acta Med. 2011, 54: 170-174

https://doi.org/10.14712/18059694.2016.44

Stiff-Person Syndrome Following Tick-Borne Meningoencephalitis

Edvard Ehlera,b, Jan Lattaa,b, Petra Mandysováa,b, Jana Havlasovác, Milan Mrklovskýd

aDepartment of Neurology, Pardubice Regional Hospital, Pardubice, Czech Republic
bFaculty of Health Studies, University of Pardubice, Czech Republic
cInterimun s.r.o., Policlinic HELP, Pardubice, Czech Republic
dDepartment of Radiodiagnostics, Multiscan s.r.o, Pardubice, Czech Republic

Received March 21, 2011
Accepted November 4, 2011

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