Does Intrathecal Baclofen Have a Place in the Treatment of Painful Spasms in Friedreich Ataxia?

We present the case of a 50-year-old female patient with Friedreich ataxia (FA) who was treated successfully with an intrathecal baclofen (ITB)-delivering pump for painful spasms. To our knowledge, this is the second reported case of FA where ITB relieved painful and disabling spasms. We suggest tha...

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Autores principales: Berntsson, Shala Ghaderi, Holtz, Anders, Melberg, Atle
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: S. Karger AG 2013
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Published online: November, 2013
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3861848/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24348400
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000356823
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description We present the case of a 50-year-old female patient with Friedreich ataxia (FA) who was treated successfully with an intrathecal baclofen (ITB)-delivering pump for painful spasms. To our knowledge, this is the second reported case of FA where ITB relieved painful and disabling spasms. We suggest that ITB should be considered in the treatment of disabling spasms in patients with FA.
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spelling pubmed-38618482013-12-13 Does Intrathecal Baclofen Have a Place in the Treatment of Painful Spasms in Friedreich Ataxia? Berntsson, Shala Ghaderi Holtz, Anders Melberg, Atle Case Rep Neurol Published online: November, 2013 We present the case of a 50-year-old female patient with Friedreich ataxia (FA) who was treated successfully with an intrathecal baclofen (ITB)-delivering pump for painful spasms. To our knowledge, this is the second reported case of FA where ITB relieved painful and disabling spasms. We suggest that ITB should be considered in the treatment of disabling spasms in patients with FA. S. Karger AG 2013-11-21 /pmc/articles/PMC3861848/ /pubmed/24348400 http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000356823 Text en Copyright © 2013 by S. Karger AG, Basel http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-NC) (www.karger.com/OA-license), applicable to the online version of the article only. Users may download, print and share this work on the Internet for noncommercial purposes only, provided the original work is properly cited, and a link to the original work on http://www.karger.com and the terms of this license are included in any shared versions.
spellingShingle Published online: November, 2013
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Does Intrathecal Baclofen Have a Place in the Treatment of Painful Spasms in Friedreich Ataxia?
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title_full Does Intrathecal Baclofen Have a Place in the Treatment of Painful Spasms in Friedreich Ataxia?
title_fullStr Does Intrathecal Baclofen Have a Place in the Treatment of Painful Spasms in Friedreich Ataxia?
title_full_unstemmed Does Intrathecal Baclofen Have a Place in the Treatment of Painful Spasms in Friedreich Ataxia?
title_short Does Intrathecal Baclofen Have a Place in the Treatment of Painful Spasms in Friedreich Ataxia?
title_sort does intrathecal baclofen have a place in the treatment of painful spasms in friedreich ataxia?
topic Published online: November, 2013
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000356823
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