Substantial improvement in a Meige's syndrome patient with levetiracetam treatment

Theresa A. Zesiewicz; Elan D. Louis; Kelly L. Sullivan; Martin Menkin; Peter B. Dunne; Robert A. Hauser

doi:10.1002/mds.20233

Substantial improvement in a Meige's syndrome patient with levetiracetam treatment

Theresa A. Zesiewicz, Elan D. Louis, Kelly L. Sullivan, Martin Menkin, Peter B. Dunne, Robert A. Hauser

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Abstract

We report on a woman with idiopathic Meige's syndrome whose dystonia improved with the use of levetiracetam (LEV, Keppra, UCB Pharma, Smyrna, GA). This report and data from an animal model of paroxysmal dystonia suggest that LEV might be helpful in the treatment of dystonia.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1518-1521
Number of pages	4
Journal	Movement Disorders
Volume	19
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/mds.20233
State	Published - Dec 2004
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Cervical dystonia
Keppra
Levetiracetam
Meige's syndrome

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Neurology
Clinical Neurology

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