Cerebellar Ataxia Followed by Stiff Person Syndrome in a Patient with Anti-GAD Antibodies

Table 2

Previous studies describing the combination of anti-GAD antibody-associated stiff person syndrome and cerebellar ataxia.

Reference	Age, sex	Presentation	Associated immunological disorders	Immunotherapy	Response to immunotherapy
Giometto et al. [9]	55, female	SPS ≥ CA	DM1, PA	Steroids	Partial response
Kono et al. [4]	46, female	CA ≥ SPS	DM1	NS	—
Kim et al. [3]	40, female	SPS + CA	DM1, HT	Steroids	Good response
Rakocevic et al. [8]	30, male	SPS ≥ CA		IVIG	Partial response
	51, female	CA ≥ SPS	DM1, PA	IVIG, steroids	No response
	72, female	SPS ≥ CA		IVIG, steroids	No response
	50, male	SPS ≥ CA	DM1, HT	NS	—
	63, male	SPS ≥ CA	PA	IVIG	No response
Ances et al. [10]	55, female	SPS + CA	—	IVIG	Good response
Schaefer and Moeller [11]	42, male	SPS + CA ≥ LE	DM1, HT	IVIG and steroids; Plasmapheresis and rituximab	No response, good response

SPS = stiff person syndrome; CA = cerebellar ataxia; LE = limbic encephalitis; DM1 = type-1 diabetes mellitus; PA = pernicious anaemia; HT = Hashimoto thyroiditis; IVIG = intravenous immunoglobulin; NS = not specified.