Lack of effects of vagus nerve stimulation on drug-resistant epilepsy in eight pediatric patients with autism spectrum disorders: A prospective 2-year follow-up study

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 298-304

  Danielsson, Susanna ^a   Viggedal, Gerd ^a   Gillberg, Christopher ^a   Olsson, Ingrid ^a  

^a QUEEN SILVIA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Attention; Autism; Behavior; Children; Cognitive development; Drug resistant epilepsy; Vagus nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CLOBAZAM; ETIRACETAM; FLUOXETINE; LAMOTRIGINE; MELATONIN; NITRAZEPAM; OXCARBAZEPINE; PHENYTOIN; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID;

ABSENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATONIC SEIZURE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GELASTIC SEIZURE; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; KETOGENIC DIET; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OPEN STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIMPLE PARTIAL SEIZURE; SLEEP DISORDER; THERAPY EFFECT; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; DRUG RESISTANCE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT FAILURE; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 37749018781     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2007.10.007     Document Type: Article

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