✦ LIBER ✦
High-dose piracetam is effective on cerebellar ataxia in patient with cerebellar cortical atrophy
✍ Scribed by Melih Vural; Sibel Özekmekçi; Hülya Apaydin; Attila Altinel
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 199 KB
- Volume
- 18
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0885-3185
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
We describe a patient with cerebellar ataxia of degenerative nature who was administered high‐dose piracetam in a single‐blind trial. Piracetam was demonstrated to be highly effective on tandem gait and gait ataxia in daily doses of 60 g. We suggest piracetam has a potential anti‐ataxic effect in human cerebellar ataxia when used in considerably higher doses than those indicated for other purposes. © 2002 Movement Disorder Society