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ReviewBehavioural neurology2019

Recent Medico-Legal Developments on the Issue of Epilepsy and Driver's License Requirements in the Italian and European Legislation.

Brenno Mazzariol, Antonella Pastorini, Alessandro di Luca, Natale Mario di Luca

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In one paragraph

Review in Behavioural neurology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 45% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Driving ability in patients with dizziness: a systematic review.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2022
    Pooled it
  2. Assessment of self-reported driving ability in patients with bilateral vestibulopathy: Using generic and disease-specific questionnaires.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Brenno MazzariolDipartimento di Scienze Anatomiche, Istologiche, Medico Legali e dell'Apparato Locomotore, Università "La Sapienza", 00161 Roma, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6848-3959
Antonella PastoriniDipartimento di Scienze Anatomiche, Istologiche, Medico Legali e dell'Apparato Locomotore, Università "La Sapienza", 00161 Roma, Italy.
Alessandro di LucaFondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Roma, Italy.
Natale Mario di LucaDipartimento di Scienze Anatomiche, Istologiche, Medico Legali e dell'Apparato Locomotore, Università "La Sapienza", 00161 Roma, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6914-5716
Sapienza University of Rome · ITUniversità Cattolica del Sacro Cuore · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Epilepsy is a condition that comprises a group of neurological disorders characterized by seizures. Forms of epilepsy that produce abrupt bouts that cause lapses in consciousness may pose a major road safety problem for drivers who, while going through a seizure, could seriously harm themselves as well as others. A fundamental strategy for the purpose of reducing the risk of car accidents caused by epileptic drivers is constituted by prevention, in addition to adequate pharmacological therapies. In that respect, forensic medicine plays a pivotal role, since it deals with the set of requirements that must be met by those who have been diagnosed with epilepsy in order to get a driver's license, and with the obligation to signal such individuals to the national Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (in Italian:

Indexed as

Automobile DrivingEpilepsyEuropeHumansItalyLicensureSurveys and Questionnaires

Identifiers

PMID31662804
PMCPMC6791238
OpenAlexW2977646435

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Registered trials

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