Propionic acidaemia with basal ganglia stroke: treatment of acute extrapyramidal symptoms with L-DOPA.
A 15-year-old male with propionic acidaemia developed neurological complications secondary to basal ganglia involvement. Treatment with L-DOPA had a positive effect on his extrapyramidal syndrome.
Burlina
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Department of Neurological and Psychiatric Sciences, University of Padua, Italy. burlina@child.pedi.unipd.it
Baracchini
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Carollo
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Burlina
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D000293:Adolescent; D001480:Basal Ganglia Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007980:Levodopa / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D011422:Propionates / Q000097:blood*; D020521:Stroke / Q000150:complications* / Q000378:metabolism*
D011422:Propionates; D007980:Levodopa; C029658:propionic acid