Complete external ophthalmoplegia and asterixis with carbamazepine toxicity | Zendy

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Complete external ophthalmoplegia and asterixis with carbamazepine toxicity

Author(s) -

Ng K.,

Silbert P. L.,

Edis R. H.

Publication year - 1991

Publication title -

australian and new zealand journal of medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.596

H-Index - 70

eISSN - 1445-5994

pISSN - 0004-8291

DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-5994.1991.tb01415.x

Subject(s) - carbamazepine , medicine , toxicity , anticonvulsant , external ophthalmoplegia , sign (mathematics) , anesthesia , epilepsy , psychiatry , mathematical analysis , biochemistry , chemistry , mathematics , mitochondrial dna , gene

Ophthalmoplegia is a rarely observed sign in carbamazepine and other anticonvulsant overdoses. We present a patient who developed transient complete external ophthalmoplegia and asterixis with relative preservation of consciousness, in association with carbamazepine toxicity. Previously reported cases and proposed mechanisms are reviewed. (Aust NZ J Med 1991; 21: 886–887.)

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