IMPROVEMENT OF MEDICALLY REFRACTORY TEMPORAL-LOBE EPILEPSY WITH DEXTROMETHORPHAN

被引:10
作者
WIESER, HG
BECK, H
机构
[1] Neurological Clinic, University Hospital, Zürich
[2] Institute of Neurophysiology, University of Cologne, Cologne
来源
JOURNAL OF EPILEPSY | 1992年 / 5卷 / 04期
关键词
TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; DEXTROMETHORPHAN; NONOPIOID ANTITUSSIVE; NMDA ANTAGONIST;
D O I
10.1016/S0896-6974(05)80124-0
中图分类号
R74 [神经病学与精神病学];
学科分类号
摘要
We report a 48-year-old woman with a 24-year history of medically refractory temporal lobe epilepsy with complex partial seizures who experienced considerable reduction in frequency and severity of seizures following add-on medication with the nonopioid antitussive dextromethorphan, a noncompetitive N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonist.
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页码:246 / 247
页数:2
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