"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)
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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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Jastrzembski B, Locke J, Wan MJ. Clinical implications and cost of electroretinography screening for vigabatrin toxicity. Can J Ophthalmol. 2020 06; 55(3):e98-e100.