Adverse effects of dopamine potentiation by long-term treatment with selegiline

A patient with triosephosphate isomerase (TPI) deficiency exhibited worsening of abnormal involuntary movements of the dystonic type and developed psychiatric symptoms while on selegiline. When selegiline was stopped after 9 years of treatment, abnormal involuntary movements improved to pretreatment...

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Veröffentlicht in:Movement disorders 2004-01, Vol.19 (1), p.107-109
Hauptverfasser: Hollán, Susan, Vécsei, László, Magyar, Kálmán
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Zusammenfassung:A patient with triosephosphate isomerase (TPI) deficiency exhibited worsening of abnormal involuntary movements of the dystonic type and developed psychiatric symptoms while on selegiline. When selegiline was stopped after 9 years of treatment, abnormal involuntary movements improved to pretreatment level and psychiatric behaviour returned to normal. Monoamine oxidase‐B platelet activity was low in this patient. © 2003 Movement Disorder Society
ISSN:0885-3185
1531-8257
DOI:10.1002/mds.10641