Choreoathetosis with Gabapentin

J Gordon Millichap

doi:10.15844/pedneurbriefs-10-4-8

Choreoathetosis with Gabapentin

Pediatric Neurology Briefs

Volume 10 (1996): Issue 4

By: J Gordon Millichap

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|Apr 1996

Abstract

A 37-year-old man with severe mental retardation since birth and intractable epilepsy treated with AED polytherapy developed choreoathetosis and orofacial dyskinesia within 5 days of introducing gabapentin (GBP) at the Department of Neurology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-10-4-8 | Journal eISSN: 2166-6482

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Language: English

Page range: 29 - 29

Published on: Apr 1, 1996

Published by: Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Keywords:

AED Polytherapy,

Gabapentin,

Orofacial Dyskinesia

© 1996 J Gordon Millichap, published by Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
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Volume 10 (1996): Issue 4