Fever Producing Ballismus in Patients With Choreoathetosis
- 1 January 1991
- journal article
- case report
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Child Neurology
- Vol. 6 (1), 49-52
- https://doi.org/10.1177/088307389100600111
Abstract
We report two children with choreoathetoid cerebral palsy who had intermittent, severe, paroxysmal episodes of ballismus in response to febrile illnesses. These episodes lasted for hours and were difficult to control, requiring large doses of haloperidol or phenytoin. Differentiation from seizures triggered by fever was readily made by concurrent electroencephalographic recordings. (J Child Neurol 1991;6:49-52).Keywords
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