[Treatment of forced weeping (author's transl)].
A derivate of gamma-aminobutyric acid was found to have a favourable therapeutic effect in patients with forced weeping (weeping sickness). All 10 treated cases were shown to have motor neuron lesions resulting from other cerebral changer (cerebrovascular accident, brain atrophy, diffuse vascular changes).
D000368:Aged; D000613:Aminobutyrates / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002621:Chemistry; D003192:Compulsive Behavior / Q000188:drug therapy*; D003448:Crying; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
D000613:Aminobutyrates
Zur Therapie des Zwangsweinens