Idiopathic recurrent stupor: a warning.

Granot, R; Berkovic, S F; Patterson, S; Hopwood, M; Mackenzie, R · J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry · 2004

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

A proposal that an endogenous benzodiazepine-like agent named endozepine-4 might be responsible for presentations of recurrent stupor has gained wide acceptance. A case of recurrent stupor over two decades is presented with many similarities to previous cases of "endozepine stupor". This case, however, was caused by exogenous benzodiazepine administration and serves as a warning to clinicians to beware of this diagnosis.

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