Effects of Stable Vagus Nerve Stimulation Efficacy on Autistic Behaviors in Ten Pediatric Patients With Drug Resistant Epilepsy: An Observational Study
Wang Z, Yuan X, Zhang Q, Wen J, Cheng T, Qin X, Ji T, Shu X, Jiang Y, Liao J, et al.
Frontiers in Pediatrics · 2022
Key finding
Their autistic behaviors, especially in language, social and self-help, were reduced at follow-up 2 compared to follow-up 1 (p = 0.01, p = 0.01, respectively).
- Condition
- Autism
- Stimulation
- iVNS
- Evidence tier
- Observational / Cohort
- Participants
- 10
Cite this study
Wang, Z., Yuan, X., Zhang, Q., Wen, J., Cheng, T., Qin, X., Ji, T., Shu, X., Jiang, Y., Liao, J., Hao, H., Li, L., & Wu, Y. (2022). Effects of Stable Vagus Nerve Stimulation Efficacy on Autistic Behaviors in Ten Pediatric Patients With Drug Resistant Epilepsy: An Observational Study. Frontiers in Pediatrics, 10. https://doi.org/10.3389/fped.2022.846301
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