Seizure freedom in epilepsia partialis continua (EPC) through vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) therapy: A case report()

Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) is generally considered as a palliative treatment for patients with drug-resistant partial-onset epilepsy. We report a case in which a patient with drug-resistant epilepsia partialis continua (EPC), became seizure-free for 15 months with VNS combined with antiepileptic...

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Autores principales: Shen, Yuqin, Xia, Feng, Feng, Guodong, Liu, Lijuan, Lin, Wei, Liu, Yonghong, Shi, Ming, Ren, Xianhui, Ding, Bojun, Zhao, Gang, Deng, Yanchun
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4150626/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25667826
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ebcr.2013.01.002
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author Shen, Yuqin
Xia, Feng
Feng, Guodong
Liu, Lijuan
Lin, Wei
Liu, Yonghong
Shi, Ming
Ren, Xianhui
Ding, Bojun
Zhao, Gang
Deng, Yanchun
author_facet Shen, Yuqin
Xia, Feng
Feng, Guodong
Liu, Lijuan
Lin, Wei
Liu, Yonghong
Shi, Ming
Ren, Xianhui
Ding, Bojun
Zhao, Gang
Deng, Yanchun
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description Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) is generally considered as a palliative treatment for patients with drug-resistant partial-onset epilepsy. We report a case in which a patient with drug-resistant epilepsia partialis continua (EPC), became seizure-free for 15 months with VNS combined with antiepileptic medication regimens. To our knowledge, similar cases have not been reported previously.
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spelling pubmed-41506262015-02-09 Seizure freedom in epilepsia partialis continua (EPC) through vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) therapy: A case report() Shen, Yuqin Xia, Feng Feng, Guodong Liu, Lijuan Lin, Wei Liu, Yonghong Shi, Ming Ren, Xianhui Ding, Bojun Zhao, Gang Deng, Yanchun Epilepsy Behav Case Rep Case Report Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) is generally considered as a palliative treatment for patients with drug-resistant partial-onset epilepsy. We report a case in which a patient with drug-resistant epilepsia partialis continua (EPC), became seizure-free for 15 months with VNS combined with antiepileptic medication regimens. To our knowledge, similar cases have not been reported previously. Elsevier 2013-04-03 /pmc/articles/PMC4150626/ /pubmed/25667826 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ebcr.2013.01.002 Text en © 2013 The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/) .
spellingShingle Case Report
Shen, Yuqin
Xia, Feng
Feng, Guodong
Liu, Lijuan
Lin, Wei
Liu, Yonghong
Shi, Ming
Ren, Xianhui
Ding, Bojun
Zhao, Gang
Deng, Yanchun
Seizure freedom in epilepsia partialis continua (EPC) through vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) therapy: A case report()
title Seizure freedom in epilepsia partialis continua (EPC) through vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) therapy: A case report()
title_full Seizure freedom in epilepsia partialis continua (EPC) through vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) therapy: A case report()
title_fullStr Seizure freedom in epilepsia partialis continua (EPC) through vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) therapy: A case report()
title_full_unstemmed Seizure freedom in epilepsia partialis continua (EPC) through vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) therapy: A case report()
title_short Seizure freedom in epilepsia partialis continua (EPC) through vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) therapy: A case report()
title_sort seizure freedom in epilepsia partialis continua (epc) through vagus nerve stimulation (vns) therapy: a case report()
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4150626/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25667826
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ebcr.2013.01.002
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