Acetazolamide therapy improves action myoclonus in Ramsay Hunt Syndrome.
Acetazolamide treatment significantly improves action myoclonus in Ramsay Hunt Syndrome. A family with two brothers and a sister, and a sporadic case with Ramsay Hunt Syndrome and uncontrollable action myoclonus, are described where addition of oral acetazolamide lead to marked improvement in their action myoclonus.
Baig
S M
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Department of Medicine, The Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan.
D000086:Acetazolamide / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005192:Family Health; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D002527:Myoclonic Cerebellar Dyssynergia / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*; D009207:Myoclonus / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D009679:Nuclear Family
D000927:Anticonvulsants; D000086:Acetazolamide