Vagus nerve stimulator in patients with epilepsy: indications and recommendations for use

Vagus nerve stimulator in patients with epilepsy: indications and recommendations for use

Epilepsy comprises a set of neurologic and systemic disorders characterized by recurrent spontaneous seizures, and is the most frequent chronic neurologic disorder. In patients with medically refractory epilepsy, therapeutic options are limited to ablative brain surgery, trials of experimental antie...

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Main Authors:	Vera C Terra, Ricardo Amorim, Carlos Silvado, Andrea Juliao de Oliveira, Carmen Lisa Jorge, Eduardo Faveret, Paulo Ragazzo, Luciano De Paola
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Thieme Revinter Publicações 2013-11-01
Series:	Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
Subjects:	epilepsia procedimentos paliativos estimulacao do nervo vago
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2013001200902&lng=en&tlng=en
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