PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - ROULET, E.
AU  - DEONNA, T.
TI  - Successful Treatment of Hereditary Dominant Chorea With Carbamazepine
DP  - 1989 Jun 01
TA  - Pediatrics
PG  - 1077--1077
VI  - 83
IP  - 6
4099  - http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/83/6/1077.1.short
4100  - http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/83/6/1077.1.full
SO  - Pediatrics1989 Jun 01; 83
AB  - Recently, Roig et al reported a significant improvement in five children with nonhereditary chorea of various origins by treating them with carbamazepine, 15 to 25 mg/kg. However, as discussed by these authors, the fluctuating and self-limited course of these disorders makes the efficacy of any drug difficult to demonstrate. Benign dominant hereditary chorea of early onset has a chronic course and, most adult patients, even welladjusted ones, have persistent motor impairment.