[Parkinson disease and photosensitive epilepsy].
A 58 year-old man with a 4-year history of Parkinson's disease developed a myoclonic syndrome with photosensitivity. The photo-convulsive response progressively worsened when therapy with levodopa, carbidopa and biperiden was interrupted. A marked reduction of the photosensitivity was obtained with bromocriptine. This case suggests that both diseases are correlated with a multiple degenerative process of the dopaminergic inhibitory pathways.
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Instituto delle Malattie del Sistema Nervoso, Università di Ancona, Italia.
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D001971:Bromocriptine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D018492:Dopamine Antagonists; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004831:Epilepsies, Myoclonic / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008027:Light; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology
D018492:Dopamine Antagonists; D001971:Bromocriptine
Maladie de Parkinson et épilepsie photosensible.