Predictive factors for successful vagus nerve stimulation in patients with refractory epilepsy: real-life insights from a multicenter study
IntroductionVagus nerve stimulation (VNS) therapy is an established treatment for patients with drug-resistant epilepsy that reduces seizure frequency by at least 50% in approximately half of patients; however, the characteristics of the patients with the best response have not yet been identified....
Main Authors: | Henrique Jannuzzelli Pires do Prado, Lécio Figueira Pinto, Daniela Fontes Bezerra, Luciano de Paola, Francisco Arruda, Andrea Julião de Oliveira, Tayla Taynan Romão, Vanessa Cristina Colares Lessa, Jonadab dos Santos Silva, Isabella D’Andrea-Meira |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2023-07-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Neuroscience |
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Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnins.2023.1210221/full |
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