Chorea in a patient with cerebral palsy: treatment with levetiracetam.
Recio MV, Hauser RA, Louis ED, Radhashakar H, Sullivan KL, Zesiewicz TA
Department of Neurology, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33612, USA.
We report on the case of an adult cerebral palsy patient who developed severe chorea coincident with a febrile illness from a nonstreptococcal infection. The chorea improved markedly with the use of levetiracetam (LEV, Keppra).
Published 6 June 2005 in Mov Disord, 20(6): 762-4.
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