BROMOCRIPTINE-INDUCED DYSTONIA IN PATIENTS WITH APHASIA AND HEMIPARESIS

Authors
LEIGUARDA R MERELLO M SABE L STARKSTEIN S
Citation
R. Leiguarda et al., BROMOCRIPTINE-INDUCED DYSTONIA IN PATIENTS WITH APHASIA AND HEMIPARESIS, Neurology, 43(11), 1993, pp. 2319-2322
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Neurology
Journal title
Neurology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00283878
Volume
43
Issue
11
Year of publication
1993
Pages
2319 - 2322
Database
ISI
SICI code
0028-3878(1993)43:11<2319:BDIPWA>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
Five of seven patients with chronic nonfluent aphasia and hemiparesis due to a focal ischemic infarction developed painful hemidystonia duri ng treatment with a high dose of bromocriptine. All seven patients had cortical damage, but four also had basal ganglia and one thalamic inv olvement. While lesion location did not differ between dystonic and no ndystonic patients, the dystonic patients had more weakness than those without dystonia.