| Literature DB >> 8437713 |
B Schmitt1, B Steinmann, R Gitzelmann, L Thun-Hohenstein, H Mascher, G Dumermuth.
Abstract
A 10-week-old girl with nonketotic hyperglycinemia was treated with increasing amounts of dextromethorphan, an NMDA receptor antagonist. She improved neurologically; at 35 mg/kg/d, seizures ceased and EEG normalized. Dextromethorphan withdrawal resulted in a dramatic clinical deterioration coinciding with epileptic and high-voltage slow activity in the EEG. After reintroduction of dextromethorphan (35 mg/kg/d), recovery occurred within 24 hours.Entities:
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Year: 1993 PMID: 8437713 DOI: 10.1212/wnl.43.2.421
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Neurology ISSN: 0028-3878 Impact factor: 9.910