Effective treatment with oxcarbazepine in paroxysmal kinesigenic choreoathetosis.
Paroxysmal kinesigenic choreoathetosis is often responsive to anticonvulsants such as carbamazepine and phenytoin. We report a boy with paroxysmal kinesigenic choreoathetosis, which is dramatically relieved by oxcarbazepine even after unsatisfactory treatment with carbamazepine and other medications.
Tsao
Chang-Yong
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Department of Pediatrics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43205, USA. ctsao@chi.osu.edu
D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001264:Athetosis / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000150:complications; D002220:Carbamazepine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002648:Child; D002819:Chorea / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D000078330:Oxcarbazepine; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D000927:Anticonvulsants; D002220:Carbamazepine; D000078330:Oxcarbazepine