Apraxia of eyelid closure in Huntington's disease |
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| Authors: | Bonelli R M Niederwieser G |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, Hospital BHB Eggenberg, Graz, Austria, AT |
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| Abstract: | Summary. We report a patient with genetically confirmed Huntington's disease (HD) presenting apraxia of eyelid closure (AEC). She
was unable to close her eyes at command but was able to blink. Chorea and AEC ameliorated significantly during treatment with
olanzapine and riluzole, an inhibitor of glutamate release. AEC is reported in progressive supranuclear palsy, Creutzfeldt-Jakob's
disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and as post-stroke AEC. No report on HD is available so far, although oculomotor disturbances
are quite common in this disease.
Received September 5, 2001; accepted December 5, 2001 |
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| Keywords: | : Huntington's disease apraxia of lid closure riluzole olanzapine |
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