The effects of vagus nerve stimulation therapy on patients with intractable seizures and either Landau-Kleffner syndrome or autism
Park YD
Epilepsy & Behavior · 2003
Key finding
Case series found over half of autistic patients with intractable seizures had >=50% seizure reduction at 12 months with reported quality-of-life improvements (seizure, not autism-symptom, data).
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- Autism
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- iVNS
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- Case Report / Series
- Participants
- 59
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Park, Y. D. (2003). The effects of vagus nerve stimulation therapy on patients with intractable seizures and either Landau-Kleffner syndrome or autism. Epilepsy & Behavior, 4(3), 286-290. https://doi.org/10.1016/s1525-5050(03)00080-5
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