International singing star Celine Dion announced on Thursday that she is postponing the start of her concert tour in Europe because she suffers from a rare neurological disease, "stiff man syndrome".
Because of this pathology, which affects one to two people in a million, the Canadian singer has difficulty walking and using her vocal cords as she would like, she explains on social networks.
Can this disease be cured?
What is it due to?
Overview of current medical knowledge on the issue.
Stiff man syndrome, also called Moersch and Woltman syndrome after the scientists who identified it in 1956, affects adults, men and women equally.
Symptoms, mainly a persistent contraction of certain muscles, evolve insidiously and fluctuatingly over years, with a peak in incidence around 45 years of age.
Due to the lack of knowledge of this disease...
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