Suppression of posthypoxic and postencephalitic myoclonus with levetiracetam

Gregory L. Krauss; A. Bergin; R. E. Kramer; Y. W. Cho; S. G. Reich

doi:10.1212/WNL.56.3.411

Suppression of posthypoxic and postencephalitic myoclonus with levetiracetam

Gregory L. Krauss, A. Bergin, R. E. Kramer, Y. W. Cho, S. G. Reich

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Abstract

Posthypoxic and postencephalitic myoclonus is often poorly controlled with current treatments. The authors successfully treated three patients with posthypoxic and postencephalitic myoclonus by using levetiracetam, a new antiepileptic 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 dysfunction.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	411-412
Number of pages	2
Journal	Neurology
Volume	56
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1212/WNL.56.3.411
State	Published - Feb 13 2001

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