CARBAMAZEPINE RESPONSIVE EPILEPTIC ORAL MOTOR AND OCULAR MOTOR APRAXIA

Authors
NAQVI SZ GREENWOOD RS DCRUZ OF
Citation
Sz. Naqvi et al., CARBAMAZEPINE RESPONSIVE EPILEPTIC ORAL MOTOR AND OCULAR MOTOR APRAXIA, Neurology, 50(5), 1998, pp. 1475-1477
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Neurology
Journal title
Neurology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00283878
Volume
50
Issue
5
Year of publication
1998
Pages
1475 - 1477
Database
ISI
SICI code
0028-3878(1998)50:5<1475:CREOMA>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
We evaluated seven patients with oral motor apraxia and ocular motor a praxia. Apraxia in three patients (Group 1) with new-onset partial sei zures and epileptiform discharges on EEG improved with carbamazepine. Four patients (Group 2) without seizures and noaepileptiform EEG; find ings had no change in apraxia after a trial of carbamazepine. Epilepti c apraxia may precede clinical seizures and can respond to antiepilept ic drugs.