Vagus nerve stimulation for medically refractory absence epilepsy

A proportion of patients with childhood and juvenile absence epilepsies (CAE, JAE) are likely to be classified as medically refractory. In view of evidence gap for the treatment of such patients, this series is reported to generate estimate for efficacy of vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) in this patie...

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Published in:	Seizure (London, England) Vol. 22; no. 4; pp. 267 - 270
Main Authors:	Arya, Ravindra, Greiner, Hansel M., Lewis, Amanda, Mangano, Francesco T., Gonsalves, Cornelia, Holland, Katherine D., Glauser, Tracy A.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England Elsevier Ltd 01.05.2013
Subjects:	Absence seizures Adolescent Anticonvulsants - therapeutic use Child Childhood absence epilepsy Epilepsy, Absence - drug therapy Epilepsy, Absence - physiopathology Epilepsy, Absence - therapy Female Follow-Up Studies Humans Juvenile absence epilepsy Male Medically refractory epilepsy Neurology Retrospective Studies Treatment Outcome Vagus nerve stimulation Vagus Nerve Stimulation - methods Young Adult Medically refractory epilepsy Absence seizures Juvenile absence epilepsy Vagus nerve stimulation Childhood absence epilepsy
ISSN:	1059-1311, 1532-2688, 1532-2688
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