Pearls and Oy-sters: Vitamin B6 deficiency presenting with new-onset epilepsy and status epilepticus in a patient with Parkinson disease

Neurology. 2020 Jun 16;94(24):e2605-e2607. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000009647. Epub 2020 May 28.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Antiparkinson Agents / adverse effects
  • Antiparkinson Agents / therapeutic use
  • Carbidopa / adverse effects
  • Carbidopa / therapeutic use
  • Electroencephalography
  • Epilepsy / etiology*
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Levodopa / adverse effects
  • Levodopa / therapeutic use
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Parkinson Disease / complications*
  • Status Epilepticus / etiology*
  • Vitamin B 6 Deficiency / complications*

Substances

  • Antiparkinson Agents
  • Levodopa
  • Carbidopa