Suppression of posthypoxic and postencephalitic myoclonus with levetiracetam

Authors
Krauss, GL Bergin, A Kramer, RE Cho, YW Reich, SG
Citation
Gl. Krauss et al., Suppression of posthypoxic and postencephalitic myoclonus with levetiracetam, NEUROLOGY, 56(3), 2001, pp. 411-412
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Neurology,"Neurosciences & Behavoir
Journal title
NEUROLOGY
ISSN journal
00283878 → ACNP
Volume
56
Issue
3
Year of publication
2001
Pages
411 - 412
Database
ISI
SICI code
0028-3878(20010213)56:3<411:SOPAPM>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
Posthypoxic and postencephalitic myoclonus is often poorly controlled with current treatments. The authors successfully treated three patients with po sthypoxic and postencephalitic myoclonus by using levetiracetam, a new anti epileptic drug. Levetiracetam appears to be a promising agent for treating action myoclonus caused by hypoxic and encephalitic brain injury-the degree of functional improvement may depend on the severity of associated motor d ysfunction.