Carbamazepine responsive epileptic oral motor and ocular motor apraxia

We evaluated seven patients with oral motor apraxia and ocular motor apraxia. Apraxia in three patients (Group 1) with new-onset partial seizures and epileptiform discharges on EEG improved with carbamazepine. Four patients (Group 2) without seizures and nonepileptiform EEG findings had no change in...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Neurology 1998-05, Vol.50 (5), p.1475-1477
Hauptverfasser:	NAQVI, S. Z, GREENWOOD, R. S, D'CRUZ, O. F
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Anticonvulsants - therapeutic use Apraxias - complications Apraxias - drug therapy Biological and medical sciences Carbamazepine - therapeutic use Child Child, Preschool Epilepsy - complications Epilepsy - drug therapy Female Headache. Facial pains. Syncopes. Epilepsia. Intracranial hypertension. Brain oedema. Cerebral palsy Humans Male Medical sciences Nervous system (semeiology, syndromes) Neurology Ocular Motility Disorders - drug therapy Ocular Motility Disorders - etiology Prospective Studies Psychomotor Performance - drug effects
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Zusammenfassung:	We evaluated seven patients with oral motor apraxia and ocular motor apraxia. Apraxia in three patients (Group 1) with new-onset partial seizures and epileptiform discharges on EEG improved with carbamazepine. Four patients (Group 2) without seizures and nonepileptiform EEG findings had no change in apraxia after a trial of carbamazepine. Epileptic apraxia may precede clinical seizures and can respond to antiepileptic drugs.
ISSN:	0028-3878 1526-632X
DOI:	10.1212/WNL.50.5.1475