Oculogyric crisis

Known as: CRISIS OCULOGYRIC, Oculogyric crises, oculogyric spasm

An acute dystonic reaction with blepharospasm, periorbital twitches, and protracted fixed staring episodes. There may be a maximal upward deviation…

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1995

Summary: A 32‐year‐old man with mental retardation and uncontrolled complex partial epilepsy receiving carbamazepine (CBZ) and…

1993

the lesion includes the nucleus of the accessory nerve, located within the posterolateral grey matter of the upper six cervical…

1991

Psychogenic polydipsia (an ill-advised term; the presumption of a psychogenic aetiology is far from established) has…

1988

A young woman with a cystic glioma in the region of the posterior third ventricle is presented. Each time she turned to the…

1987

Extrapyramidal symptoms such as torticollis, oculogyric crisis and blepharospasm are typical manifestations of phenothiazine…

1984

A man with typical symptoms of lithium intoxication had, in addition, severe and persistent oculogyric crises, which cleared…

1980

To the Editor.— Reference is made to the report by Dr Berchou (Archives36:522-523, 1979) concerning a case of oculogyric crisis…

1974

It is well documented that the antipsychotic medications, i.e., the pheno-thiazines and butyrophenones, offer considerable risk…

1966

THE acute dystonic or dyskinetic reactions are the most dramatic and alarming extrapyramidal complication of phenothiazine drugs…

1937

Atropine and related drugs (scopolamine, stramonium) have proved their value in the symptomatic treatment of chronic encephalitis…