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  • Title: Improvement of action myoclonus by an administration of 5-hydroxytryptophan and carbidopa in a child with muscular subsarcolemmal hyperactivity.
    Author: Nakano K, Hayakawa T, Shishikura K, Ohsawa M, Suzuki H, Fukuyama Y.
    Journal: Brain Dev; 1990; 12(5):516-20. PubMed ID: 2288384.
    Abstract:
    We report a 3-year-11-month-old boy who manifested action myoclonus only. Histochemical analysis of the quadriceps muscle revealed subsarcolemmal hyperactivity. The administration of 5-hydroxytryptophan and carbidopa dramatically improved the action myoclonus and reduced an amplitude of giant somatosensory evoked potentials. A nosological relation of this case with "essential myoclonus" and mitochondrial encephalomyopathy was discussed.
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