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Vagus nerve stimulation for refractory epilepsy: experience from Saudi Arabia

BACKGROUND: Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) has been approved for the treatment of refractory partial epilepsy in adults and children over 12 years of age. Later on, its application expanded to include younger children and other types of epilepsy. We report our experience with this treatment modality...

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Autores principales: Al-Said, Youssef, Baeesa, Saleh, Khalid, Muhammad, Abdeen, Mohamed, Kayyali, Husam R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6152542/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26142937
http://dx.doi.org/10.5144/0256-4947.2015.41