The evolving place of vagus nerve stimulation therapy - Introduction

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作者
Schachter, SC [1 ]
Wheless, JW
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[1] Harvard Univ, Sch Med, Dept Neurol, Boston, MA 02115 USA
[2] Beth Israel Deaconess Med Ctr, Boston, MA 02215 USA
[3] Univ Texas, Dept Neurol, Houston, TX USA
[4] Univ Texas, Dept Pediat, Houston, TX USA
[5] Mem Hermann Hosp, Houston, TX USA
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10.1212/WNL.59.6_suppl_4.S1
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R74 [神经病学与精神病学];
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Approximately 40% of patients with epilepsy have seizures that do not adequately respond to medical therapy. Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) therapy, approved 5 years ago by the Food and Drug Administration, offers a therapeutic option for patients with pharmacoresistant seizures. This supplement updates developments with VNS therapy since its approval and suggests future directions for this still-evolving treatment.
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