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Wilfong AA. Treatment considerations: role of vagus nerve stimulator. Epilepsy Behav. 2002;3(6):41-44doi: 10.1016/s1525-5050(02)00541-3.
Wilfong, A. A. (2002). Treatment considerations: role of vagus nerve stimulator. Epilepsy & behavior : E&B, 3(6), 41-44. https://doi.org/10.1016/s1525-5050(02)00541-3
Wilfong, Angus A.. "Treatment considerations: role of vagus nerve stimulator." Epilepsy & behavior : E&B vol. 3,6 (2002): 41-44. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/s1525-5050(02)00541-3
Wilfong AA. Treatment considerations: role of vagus nerve stimulator. Epilepsy Behav. 2002 Dec;3(6):41-44. doi: 10.1016/s1525-5050(02)00541-3. PMID: 12609311.
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Epilepsy Behav. 2002 Dec;3(6):41-44. doi: 10.1016/s1525-5050(02)00541-3.

Treatment considerations: role of vagus nerve stimulator.

Epilepsy & behavior : E&B

Angus A. Wilfong

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  1. Department of Pediatrics and Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine, 6621 Fannin Street, CC1710, 77030, Houston, TX, USA

PMID: 12609311 DOI: 10.1016/s1525-5050(02)00541-3

Abstract

Epilepsy is considerably more common in individuals with mental retardation and developmental delays than in the general population. Compared with other groups with epilepsy, these individuals have higher seizure burdens, more often experience multiple seizure types, and more frequently have seizures that are medically refractory. The majority of these patients with refractory epilepsy will not have a surgically amenable epilepsy syndrome. For these individuals, the vagus nerve stimulator offers the potential for improved seizure control, abortive treatment of seizures, and medication reduction, which may lead to greater independence and other improvements in quality of life.

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