Valproic Acid-Induced Myoclonus in a Demented Patient: A Case Report

Valproic acid and its derivatives are now commonly used to treat various psychiatric disorders in the elderly. Data indicates that the elderly patients are more susceptible to developing neuropsychiatric complications when treated with these medications. In this report, we describe the case of a 66-...

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Autores principales: Gardner, Tina M., Aziz, Rehan, Muralee, Sunanda, Tampi, Rajesh R.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2009
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2728607/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19721703
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/392091
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author Gardner, Tina M.
Aziz, Rehan
Muralee, Sunanda
Tampi, Rajesh R.
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description Valproic acid and its derivatives are now commonly used to treat various psychiatric disorders in the elderly. Data indicates that the elderly patients are more susceptible to developing neuropsychiatric complications when treated with these medications. In this report, we describe the case of a 66-year-old woman with early-onset, Alzheimer's type dementia, who developed myoclonus when treated with a valproic acid preparation for behavioral disturbances associated with the dementia.
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spelling pubmed-27286072009-08-31 Valproic Acid-Induced Myoclonus in a Demented Patient: A Case Report Gardner, Tina M. Aziz, Rehan Muralee, Sunanda Tampi, Rajesh R. Case Rep Med Case Report Valproic acid and its derivatives are now commonly used to treat various psychiatric disorders in the elderly. Data indicates that the elderly patients are more susceptible to developing neuropsychiatric complications when treated with these medications. In this report, we describe the case of a 66-year-old woman with early-onset, Alzheimer's type dementia, who developed myoclonus when treated with a valproic acid preparation for behavioral disturbances associated with the dementia. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2009 2009-08-09 /pmc/articles/PMC2728607/ /pubmed/19721703 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/392091 Text en Copyright © 2009 Tina M. Gardner et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Muralee, Sunanda
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Valproic Acid-Induced Myoclonus in a Demented Patient: A Case Report
title Valproic Acid-Induced Myoclonus in a Demented Patient: A Case Report
title_full Valproic Acid-Induced Myoclonus in a Demented Patient: A Case Report
title_fullStr Valproic Acid-Induced Myoclonus in a Demented Patient: A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed Valproic Acid-Induced Myoclonus in a Demented Patient: A Case Report
title_short Valproic Acid-Induced Myoclonus in a Demented Patient: A Case Report
title_sort valproic acid-induced myoclonus in a demented patient: a case report
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2728607/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19721703
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/392091
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