Cerebellar Ataxia Benefitted by 5-Hydroxytryptophan

Authors

  • J Gordon Millichap Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-3-3-7

Keywords:

Acquired Cerebellar Ataxias, Postsurgical Ataxia, Static Cerebellar Disturbances

Abstract

Levorotatory 5-hydroxytryptophan (10 mg/kg/day) was found to benefit patients with various inherited or acquired cerebellar ataxias in a long-term randomized, double-blind study at the Hopital Neurologique, Alexis Carrel Faculty of Medicine, Lyon, France.

Published

1989-03-01

Issue

Section

Ataxic Disorders