Journal article
Evidence-based Review of Recommendations for Visual Function Testing in Patients Treated with Vigabatrin
Neuro-ophthalmology (Amsterdam : Aeolus Press. 1980), Vol.34(1), pp.20-35
02/2010
DOI: 10.3109/01658100903582498
Abstract
Recently, the United States Food and Drug Administration approved vigabatrin (Sabril®) for the treatment of adults with refractory complex partial seizures and infants with infantile spasms. However, vigabatrin is associated with retinopathy characterized by an irreversible, bilateral, concentric peripheral visual field defect (pVFD). Given the potential risk for developing an irreversible pVFD, it is imperative that neurologists and ophthalmologists be well aware of this adverse event and take appropriate precautions to minimize its occurrence and consequences. Therefore, an expert panel was assembled to formulate comprehensive recommendations for monitoring visual function in patients of all ages treated with vigabatrin.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Evidence-based Review of Recommendations for Visual Function Testing in Patients Treated with Vigabatrin
- Creators
- Robert C Sergott - 1Wills Eye Institute, Neuro-Ophthalmology Service, Thomas Jefferson University Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USAJames W Wheless - 2University of Tennessee Health Science Center and LeBonheur Children's Medical Center Neuroscience Institute, Memphis, Tennessee, USAMichael C Smith - 3Rush Epilepsy Center, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USACarol A Westall - 4Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences, University of Toronto and The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaRandy H Kardon - 5Neuro-Ophthalmology Division, University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics and Veterans Administration, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USAAnthony Arnold - 6Neuro-Ophthalmology Division, Jules Stein Eye Institute, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USARod Foroozan - 7Cullen Eye Institute, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USAStephen M Sagar - 8Lundbeck, Inc., Deerfield, Illinois, USA
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Neuro-ophthalmology (Amsterdam : Aeolus Press. 1980), Vol.34(1), pp.20-35
- Publisher
- Informa UK Ltd
- DOI
- 10.3109/01658100903582498
- ISSN
- 0165-8107
- eISSN
- 1744-506X
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 02/2010
- Academic Unit
- Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences; Iowa Neuroscience Institute
- Record Identifier
- 9984070463302771
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