Successful treatment of cerebellar ataxia and tremor in multiple sclerosis with topiramate: A case report

Clinical Neuropharmacology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 317-318

  Schroeder, Alexandra ^a   Linker, Ralf A ^a   Lukas, Carsten ^a   Kraus, Peter H ^a   Gold, Ralf ^a  

^a ST JOSEF HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

ataxia; cerebellar tremor; multiple sclerosis; symptomatic treatment; topiramate

Indexed keywords

AMANTADINE; BACLOFEN; BUDIPINE; NATALIZUMAB; TOPIRAMATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MONOTHERAPY; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TREMOR;

ADULT; ANTI-DYSKINESIA AGENTS; ANTICONVULSANTS; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; FEMALE; FRUCTOSE; HUMANS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, RELAPSING-REMITTING; OFF-LABEL USE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREMOR;

EID: 78649376940     PISSN: 03625664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNF.0b013e3181f84a39     Document Type: Article

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