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Spinal myoclonus: successful treatment with the combination of sodium valproate and L-5-hydroxytryptophan
F J Jiménez-Jiménez1, A Roldan, F Zancada
1Unidad de Neurología, Hospital Na Sra, Virgen del Puerto, Plasencia, Cáceres, Spain.
Clinical Neuropharmacology
|April 1, 1991
Abstract:
We describe a 37-year-old man with spinal segmental myoclonus characterized by symmetric, rhythmic contractions of the abdomen with a frequency ranging between 100 and 150/min. The combination of sodium valproate and L-5-hydroxytryptophan was useful to control the myoclonus. We comment on the possible role of the serotonergic system in this syndrome.