Idiopathic recurrent stupor: a warning
- 1Institute of Neurological Sciences, Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, NSW, Australia
- 2Epilepsy Research Institute, Department of Medicine (Neurology), University of Melbourne, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia
- 3Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne
- Correspondence to: Dr Roderick Mackenzie PO Box 2043, Taren Point, NSW 2229, Australia; macraoptushome.com.au
- Received 25 June 2003
- Accepted 9 July 2003
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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Competing interests: none declared
