Long-term use of methylphenidate in a boy with hypothalamic tumor, drug-resistant epilepsy and ADHD

• We report the successful treatment of a boy with hypothalamic tumor, gelastic seizures, drug-resistant epilepsy and ADHD; • The use of methylphenidate significantly reduced symptoms of ADHD while seizure frequency remained unchanged.

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Autores principales: Socanski, Dobrinko, Jovic, Nebojsa, Beneventi, Harald, Herigstad, Anita
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6078061/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30090699
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ebcr.2018.03.002
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spelling pubmed-60780612018-08-08 Long-term use of methylphenidate in a boy with hypothalamic tumor, drug-resistant epilepsy and ADHD Socanski, Dobrinko Jovic, Nebojsa Beneventi, Harald Herigstad, Anita Epilepsy Behav Case Rep Article • We report the successful treatment of a boy with hypothalamic tumor, gelastic seizures, drug-resistant epilepsy and ADHD; • The use of methylphenidate significantly reduced symptoms of ADHD while seizure frequency remained unchanged. Elsevier 2018-04-20 /pmc/articles/PMC6078061/ /pubmed/30090699 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ebcr.2018.03.002 Text en © 2018 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Beneventi, Harald
Herigstad, Anita
Long-term use of methylphenidate in a boy with hypothalamic tumor, drug-resistant epilepsy and ADHD
title Long-term use of methylphenidate in a boy with hypothalamic tumor, drug-resistant epilepsy and ADHD
title_full Long-term use of methylphenidate in a boy with hypothalamic tumor, drug-resistant epilepsy and ADHD
title_fullStr Long-term use of methylphenidate in a boy with hypothalamic tumor, drug-resistant epilepsy and ADHD
title_full_unstemmed Long-term use of methylphenidate in a boy with hypothalamic tumor, drug-resistant epilepsy and ADHD
title_short Long-term use of methylphenidate in a boy with hypothalamic tumor, drug-resistant epilepsy and ADHD
title_sort long-term use of methylphenidate in a boy with hypothalamic tumor, drug-resistant epilepsy and adhd
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6078061/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30090699
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ebcr.2018.03.002
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