[Successful carbamazepine therapy of 2 cases of music hallucinations].
We report on two elderly female patients who experienced musical hallucinations. Both were suffering from deafness in addition to non-specific organic brain changes. In both patients the musical hallucinations were successfully treated with carbamazepine.
Gertz
H J
HJ
Abteilung für Gerontopsychiatrie, Freien Universität Berlin.
Göhringer
K
K
Schimmelpfennig
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C
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002220:Carbamazepine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003704:Dementia / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006212:Hallucinations / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D009146:Music; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D011304:Presbycusis / Q000523:psychology
D000927:Anticonvulsants; D002220:Carbamazepine