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ArticleEpilepsy & behavior reports2020

Myoclonus induced by amoxicillin-clavulanic acid.

Alejandro Viloria-Alebesque, Marina Povar-Echeverría, María Jesús Bruscas-Alijarde, Anyuli Gracia-Gutiérrez, Leticia Royo-Trallero, Patricia Al-Cheikh-Felices

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Article in Epilepsy & behavior reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 43% 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

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

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

  1. Drug-Induced Myoclonus: A Systematic Review.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Alejandro Viloria-AlebesqueNeurology Service, Hospital General de la Defensa, Vía Ibérica 1, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain.
Marina Povar-EcheverríaInternal Medicine Service, Hospital General de la Defensa, Vía Ibérica 1, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain.
María Jesús Bruscas-AlijardeInternal Medicine Service, Hospital General de la Defensa, Vía Ibérica 1, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain.
Anyuli Gracia-GutiérrezInternal Medicine Service, Hospital General de la Defensa, Vía Ibérica 1, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain.
Leticia Royo-TralleroInternal Medicine Service, Hospital General de la Defensa, Vía Ibérica 1, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain.
Patricia Al-Cheikh-FelicesInternal Medicine Service, Hospital General de la Defensa, Vía Ibérica 1, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain.
Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Aragón · ES

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

•We present a patient in whom myoclonus appeared after initiation of treatment with amoxicillin-clavulanic acid.•Myoclonus and EEG abnormalities disappeared after discontinuation of antibiotic treatment.•This possible adverse effect should be considered to avoid performing aggressive therapeutic maneuvers.

Indexed as

Amoxicillin-clavulanic acidAntibioticMyoclonusSeizureSide effect

Identifiers

PMID32529182
PMCPMC7283096
OpenAlexW3023335222

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