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Sawhney, I. M. S.

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6554-5472

Mayo Clinic

Morriston Hospital

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Treatment of Involuntary Movements with Carbamazepine in Dystonic‐Choreoathetoid Cerebral Palsy
Mehta, Shyamal H. , Sawhney, I. M. S. , Yoganathan, Kathir, Trumble, Jill P., Morgan, John C. , Sethi, Kapil D.

Movement Disorders Clinical Practice | April 11, 2014 | Volume: 1 | Issue: 1 | Pages: 82-83

10.1002/mdc3.12002 Get It

AbstractChoreoathetoid movements are quite common in cerebral palsy (CP). This is the first report of a patient with choreoathetoid CP who was successfully treated with carbamazepine. Therefore, clinicians should try carbamazepine for involuntary movements in CP patients before pursuing other procudures.