Gene/Protein
Disease
Symptom
Drug
Enzyme
Compound
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Gene/Protein
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Drug
Enzyme
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Target Concepts:
Gene/Protein
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Enzyme
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Query: UMLS:C0027066 (
myoclonus
)
4,275
document(s) hit in 31,850,051 MEDLINE articles (0.00 seconds)
Onset of confusion with
myoclonus
occurred in a 55-year-old patient hospitalized for
infectious endocarditis
and under intravenous dopamine. The speculative responsibility of dopamine in the occurrence of this myoclonic encephalopathy is discussed. Indeed, although dopamine does not cross the blood-brain barrier, inflammation of the wall of the cerebral vessels (immunologic vasculitis) may have enabled dopamine to reach the central nervous system.
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PMID:[Myoclonal encephalopathy due to dopamine]. 629 75
