Differential Diagnoses
The following differential diagnoses should also be considered when suspecting stiff person syndrome.
- Tetanus
- Hyperekplexia
- Strychnine poisoning
- Isaac's syndrome also known as Neuromyotonia
- Spinal multiple sclerosis
- Paraneoplastic Myelitis
- Latent autoimmune diabetes of adults (LADA)
- Spinal Arteriovenous malformation
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