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ArticleJournal of child neurology2011

Electroretinogram changes in a pediatric population with epilepsy: is vigabatrin acting alone?

Bláthnaid McCoy, Thomas Wright, Shelly Weiss, Cristina Go, Carol A Westall

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Article in Journal of child neurology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
2.0field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Observational
  2. Article
  3. Vigabatrin can enhance electroretinographic responses in pigmented and albino rats.Documenta ophthalmologica. Advances in ophthalmology · 2015
    Article
  4. Observational
  5. Changes in the ERG d-wave with vigabatrin treatment in a pediatric cohort.Documenta ophthalmologica. Advances in ophthalmology · 2014
    Article
  6. Latest American and European updates on infantile spasms.Current neurology and neuroscience reports · 2013
    Review
  7. Electroretinographic (ERG) responses in pediatric patients using vigabatrin.Documenta ophthalmologica. Advances in ophthalmology · 2012
    Article
  8. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Bláthnaid McCoyDivision of Neurology, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. blathnaid.mccoy@sickkids.ca
Thomas Wright
Shelly Weiss
Cristina Go
Carol A Westall
Hospital for Sick Children · CA

Funding

CIHR 51712-1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Vigabatrin, a structural analogue of the inhibitory neurotransmitter gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), is widely used as initial monotherapy in infantile spasms and add on therapy in partial onset seizures. Vigabatrin is associated with retinal toxicity causing constriction of the visual field. Our aim was to assess what effect add-on antiepileptic drug therapy has on the incidence of retinal toxicity in patients being treated with vigabatrin. Medication dosages, duration of treatment, and electroretinogram results were examined in a single center retrospective study. Retinal toxicity was detected in 18 of 160 patients (11.25%) over a 10-year period. A total of 14 (77%) were in the group treated with additional antiepileptic drugs, the other 4 received vigabatrin as monotherapy. We detected a significantly higher percentage of toxicity in the group of patients treated with vigabatrin and additional antiepileptic drugs. Our numbers were not sufficient to detect which drug or combination of drugs might be associated with higher risk.

Indexed as

AdolescentAnticonvulsantsChildChild, PreschoolElectroretinographyEpilepsyFemaleHumansInfantInfant, NewbornLongitudinal StudiesMaleRetinal DiseasesVigabatrinAnticonvulsantsVigabatrin

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PMID21343605
PMCPMC3880362
OpenAlexW2034415571

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