OWL: OCOSH Classification/Muscular Diseases http://www.orthopaedicweblinks.com Diseases of Muscle en-us Fri Nov 28 2008 03:40:15 GMT Copyright 2005 OWL Inc. orthopaedicweblinks@gmail.com (Christian Veillette) orthopaedicweblinks@gmail.com (OWL Inc.) Stiff Person Syndrome eMedicine Neurology http://www.orthopaedicweblinks.com/Detailed/12517.html Synonyms and related keywords: SPS, stiff man syndrome, SMS, stiff baby syndrome, SBS, hyperekplexia, Moersch-Woltmann syndrome, stiff woman syndrome, stiff limb syndrome <br> Author: Nancy Rodgers-Neame, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of South Florida, Florida Comprehensive Epilepsy and Seizure Disorders Program<br> Clinically, stiff person syndrome is characterized by muscle rigidity that waxes and wanes with concurrent spasms. Usually, it begins in the axial muscles and extends to the proximal limb muscles, but the severity of the limb muscle involvement may overwhelm the axial muscle involvement (stiff limb syndrome). 2007-08-06 03:40:15 GMT http://www.orthopaedicweblinks.com/cgi-bin/owl/jump.cgi?ID=12517 Rodgers-Neame