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Complete external ophthalmoplegia and asterixis with carbamazepine toxicity
1Department of Neurology, Royal Perth Hospital, WA.
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Medicine
|December 1, 1991
Abstract:
Ophthalmoplegia is a rarely observed sign in carbamazepine and other anticonvulsant overdoses. We present a patient who developed transient complete external ophthalmoplegia and asterixis with relative preservation of consciousness, in association with carbamazepine toxicity. Previously reported cases and proposed mechanisms are reviewed.