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Illustration of the clinical course.. Note: Subjective overall physical functions, plasma monoamine metabolite levels (HVA [dopamine metabolite] level, total MHPG [noradrenaline metabolite] level, and free MHPG), and drugs administered to the 35-year-old man with paroxysmal kinesigenic dyskinesia (CBZ, ESC, APZ, and LOF).. Abbreviations: APZ, aripiprazole; CBZ, carbamazepine; ESC, escitalopram; HVA, homovanillic acid; LOF, loflazepate; MHPG, 3-methoxy-4-hydroxyphenylglycol; fMHPG; free MHPG, tMHPG; total MHPG.
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Moreover, we added aripiprazole at 3 mg/day and ethyl loflazepate at 1 mg/day (Figure 1). In particular, homovanillic acid level was doubled after this change in pharmacotherapy (Figure 1).