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Vigabatrin (Fig. 1) corresponds chemically to (±)-amino-hex-5-enoic acid with an empirical formula of C6H11NO2 and a molecular weight of 129.2.

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  1. UCL-Institute of Neurology Department of Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy, Queen Square, London, London

    P. N. Patsalos

  2. Epilepsy Society Chalfont Centre for Epilepsy, Chalfont St Peter, Buckinghamshire, UK

    P. N. Patsalos

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Patsalos, P.N. (2013). Vigabatrin. In: Antiepileptic Drug Interactions. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-2434-4_26

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