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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...
Autores principales: | Al-Said, Youssef, Baeesa, Saleh, Khalid, Muhammad, Abdeen, Mohamed, Kayyali, Husam R. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |
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