Gabapentin-Induced Choreoathetosis
Abstract
Two institutionalized, severely retarded adults, aged 42 and 41, with intractable epilepsy, developed choreoathetosis within 14 days when gabapentin in dosages of 1200 to 1800 mg/d were added as adjunctive therapy to valproic acid or phenytoin, in a report from University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, and Denton State School, Texas Mental Health and MR System.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-11-9-3 | Journal eISSN: 2166-6482
Language: English
Page range: 66 - 67
Published on: Sep 1, 1997
Published by: Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
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© 1997 J Gordon Millichap, published by Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
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