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AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION ASSOCIATED WITH LOCKED-IN SYNDROME IN A CHILD1

1997; Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Volume: 76; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1097/00002060-199705000-00007

1537-7385

James S. Scott, Robin R. Ockey, Grace E. Holmes, George Varghese,

Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances

This is a report of a young boy with the unusual combination of autonomic dysfunction with locked-in syndrome following multiple shunt revisions for hydrocephalus. A review of the literature on autonomic dysfunction syndrome and the complex clinical picture of the combined syndromes in a pediatric patient are discussed. The marked effectiveness of treatment with carbidopa/levodopa over bromocriptine for both syndromes is noted.