GABA and the ornithine δ-aminotransferase gene in vigabatrin-associated visual field defects

Seizure

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 505-507

  Hisama, Fuki M ^a   Mattson, Richard H ^a   Lee, Helen H ^a   Felice, Kristin ^a   Petroff, Ognen A C ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; GABA; Vigabatrin; Visual field constriction

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ORNITHINE OXOACID AMINOTRANSFERASE; VIGABATRIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG USE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; INTRON; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RETINA DISEASE; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

EID: 0035692271     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/seiz.2001.0524     Document Type: Article

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