REVERSIBLE PARKINSONISM INDUCED BY PROLONGED TREATMENT WITH VALPROATE

Authors
ONOFRJ M THOMAS A PACI C
Citation
M. Onofrj et al., REVERSIBLE PARKINSONISM INDUCED BY PROLONGED TREATMENT WITH VALPROATE, Journal of neurology, 245(12), 1998, pp. 794-796
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Neurology
Journal title
Journal of neurology → ACNP
ISSN journal
03405354
Volume
245
Issue
12
Year of publication
1998
Pages
794 - 796
Database
ISI
SICI code
0340-5354(1998)245:12<794:RPIBPT>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
We describe two patients who developed levodopa-responsive parkinsonis m without dementia at least 4 years after beginning chronic valproate (VPA) treatment for seizures. Parkinsonism disappeared in less than 3 months after VPA substitution with carbamazepine.