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Successful treatment of paroxysmal painful tonic spasms with carbamazepine in a patient with hypertrophic olivary degeneration

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Abbreviations

DN:

Dentate nucleus

GMT:

Guillain-Mollaret triangle

HOD:

Hypertrophic olivary degeneration

ION:

Inferior olivary nucleus

PTSs:

Painful tonic spasms

RN:

Red nucleus

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  1. Neurosciences Unit, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Parma, Italy

    Alessia Fiore, Irene Florindo, Lucia Zinno & Elisabetta Chierici

  2. Neuroradiology Unit, Department of Diagnostic, Parma University Hospital, Parma, Italy

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Fiore, A., Florindo, I., Zinno, L. et al. Successful treatment of paroxysmal painful tonic spasms with carbamazepine in a patient with hypertrophic olivary degeneration. Neurol Sci 44, 373–375 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-022-06383-3

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