basal ganglia diseases/vomiting

1. The aim of this study is to review the mechanisms implicated in nausea and vomiting and the treatment of these symptoms. 2. Metoclopramide, a benzamide, is the drug most frequently used to alleviate or abolish the majority of nausea and vomiting of different origin. Domperidone, which scarcely

We report a patient with methylmalonic acidemia who developed an acute extrapyramidal disorder after severe ketoacidosis. The neurologic findings resulted from bilateral destruction of the globus pallidus. A 10-year-old girl was the term product of an uncomplicated pregnancy and delivery. Poor

A 16-month-old boy was hospitalized because of a 1-day history of severe ketoacidosis with lethargy, hypotonia, vomiting, and important dyspnoea. Organic acid assay by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry confirmed the diagnosis of methylmalonic acidaemia (MMA). On the sixteenth day, he developed an

Glutaric aciduria type I is a rare autosomic recessive neurometabolic disease, which develops in the first year of life and is characterized by progressive extrapyramidal disorders as a result of the basal ganglia damage. We describe first cases of this disease in Russian population. The clinical

OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to evaluate the short-term efficacy and safety of the atypical antipsychotic agent lurasidone in the treatment of schizophrenia. METHODS In this phase II, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study, hospitalized adult patients diagnosed with

In many malaria-endemic, sub-Saharan African countries, existing pharmacovigilance systems are not sufficiently operational to document reliably the safety profile of anti-malarial drugs. This study describes the implantation of a community-based pharmacovigilance system in Côte d'Ivoire and its use

Cariprazine is a dopamine D3-preferring D3/D2 receptor partial agonist in late-stage clinical development for the treatment of schizophrenia, as well as for bipolar disorder (manic/mixed and depressive episodes), and as an adjunctive agent for the treatment of major depressive disorder. Four phase 2

BACKGROUND This Phase III, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study investigated the efficacy and tolerability of flexibly-dosed cariprazine in patients with acute manic or mixed episodes associated with bipolar I disorder. METHODS Patients were randomized to 3 weeks of double-blind

Cariprazine is a dopamine D3-preferring D3/D2 receptor partial agonist in late-stage clinical development for the treatment of bipolar disorder (manic/mixed and depressive episodes), as well as for schizophrenia, and as an adjunctive agent for the treatment of major depressive disorder. Three phase