Effects of vagus nerve stimulation in a patient with temporal lobe epilepsy and Asperger syndrome: Case report and review of the literature

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 344-347

  Warwick, Tanya C ^a   Griffith, James ^b   Reyes, Bernardo ^c   Legesse, Benalfew ^b   Evans, Melanie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CAMC Health System   (United States)

Author keywords

Asperger syndrome; Autism; Developmental delay; Epilepsy; Seizures; Temporal lobe; Vagus nerve stimulation therapy; VNS

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; ETIRACETAM; FELBAMATE; GABAPENTIN; LAMOTRIGINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; TOPIRAMATE;

ADULT; AGITATION; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MALE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT REFERRAL; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; ASPERGER SYNDROME; DRUG RESISTANCE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; HUMANS; MALE; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 33947213281     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2007.01.001     Document Type: Article

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