Carbidopa/levodopa-responsive myoclonus.
A 64-year-old right-handed woman's right hand and arm developed spontaneous jerks that eventually involved her trunk. As she had some features of parkinsonism, she was treated with carbidopa/levodopa and her myoclonus dramatically improved. The mechanism accounting for this improvement is unknown.
Fitzgerald
David B
DB
Brain Rehabilitation Research Center, Malcom Randall VAMC, Gainesville, Florida, USA. dfitzger@massmed.org
Drago
Valeria
V
Sutherland
Dean
D
Heilman
Kenneth M
KM
D000978:Antiparkinson Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002230:Carbidopa / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007980:Levodopa / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000295:instrumentation; D008875:Middle Aged; D009207:Myoclonus / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology
D000978:Antiparkinson Agents; D007980:Levodopa; D002230:Carbidopa