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Case Reports
. 2010 Jun;24(5):493-4.
doi: 10.1177/1545968309353330. Epub 2009 Nov 20.

Gabapentin therapy for ocular opsoclonus-myoclonus restores eye movement communication in a patient with a locked-in syndrome

Francesca Pistoia  1 , Marco Sarà
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Gabapentin therapy for ocular opsoclonus-myoclonus restores eye movement communication in a patient with a locked-in syndrome

Francesca Pistoia et al. Neurorehabil Neural Repair. 2010 Jun.

Abstract

The experience with a patient with locked-in syndrome suffering from opsoclonus-myoclonus symptoms is described: gabapentin successfully reversed the symptoms, just favoring the regaining of eye-dependent communication strategies.

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