"Vigabatrin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An analogue of GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID. It is an irreversible inhibitor of 4-AMINOBUTYRATE TRANSAMINASE, the enzyme responsible for the catabolism of GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID. (From Martindale The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 31st ed)
| Descriptor ID |
D020888
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.241.081.114.500.350.900 D12.125.190.350.900
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| Concept/Terms |
Vigabatrin- Vigabatrin
- gamma-Vinyl-GABA
- gamma Vinyl GABA
- gamma-Vinyl-gamma-Aminobutyric Acid
- Acid, gamma-Vinyl-gamma-Aminobutyric
- gamma Vinyl gamma Aminobutyric Acid
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Vigabatrin" by people in Profiles.
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Management of West syndrome during COVID-19 pandemic: A viewpoint from South Asian West Syndrome Research Group. Epilepsy Res. 2020 11; 167:106453.
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Infantile spasms and COVID-19: Challenges and solutions in resource-limited settings. Epilepsy Res. 2020 11; 167:106441.
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Crisis Standard of Care: Management of Infantile Spasms during COVID-19. Ann Neurol. 2020 08; 88(2):215-217.
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West Syndrome: A Review and Guide for Paediatricians. Clin Drug Investig. 2018 Feb; 38(2):113-124.
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Comparative effectiveness of antiepileptic drugs in patients with mesial temporal lobe epilepsy with hippocampal sclerosis. Epilepsia. 2017 10; 58(10):1734-1741.
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Patterns of peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer thinning in vigabatrin-exposed individuals. Ophthalmology. 2012 Oct; 119(10):2152-60.
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Tiagabine and vigabatrin reduce the severity of NMDA-induced excitotoxicity in chick retina. Exp Brain Res. 2006 Jun; 171(4):511-5.