DRUG-INDUCED PARKINSONISM AFTER ALLOGENEIC BONE-MARROW TRANSPLANTATION

Authors
PAVLETIC ZS BISHOP MR MARKOPOULOU K WSZOLEK ZK
Citation
Zs. Pavletic et al., DRUG-INDUCED PARKINSONISM AFTER ALLOGENEIC BONE-MARROW TRANSPLANTATION, Bone marrow transplantation, 17(6), 1996, pp. 1185-1187
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Hematology,Oncology,Immunology,Transplantation
Journal title
Bone marrow transplantation → ACNP
ISSN journal
02683369
Volume
17
Issue
6
Year of publication
1996
Pages
1185 - 1187
Database
ISI
SICI code
0268-3369(1996)17:6<1185:DPAABT>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
We report a severe case of drug-induced parkinsonism (DIP) after allog eneic BMT successfully treated with levodopa. BMT patients typically r eceive numerous medications which can cause DIP, and mild cases of DIP may remain unrecognized or be misdiagnosed. Physicians should be awar e of DIP as a potential neurological complication after BMT to avoid f urther administration of drugs that could aggravate symptoms.