Treatment of Involuntary Movements with Carbamazepine in Dystonic-Choreoathetoid Cerebral Palsy.

ABSTRACT: Choreoathetoid movements are quite common in cerebral palsy (CP). This is the first report of a patient with choreoathetoid CP who was successfully treated with carbamazepine. Therefore, clinicians should try carbamazepine for involuntary movements in CP patients before pursuing other procudures.

SUBMITTER: Mehta SH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6183257 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature