Electrical stimulation of the anterior nucleus of thalamus for treatment of refractory epilepsy

Fisher, Robert; Salanova, Vicenta; Witt, Thomas; Worth, Robert; Henry, Thomas; Gross, Robert; Oommen, Kalarickal; Osorio, Ivan; Nazzaro, Jules; Labar, Douglas; Kaplitt, Michael; Sperling, Michael; Sandok, Evan; Neal, John; Handforth, Adrian; Stern, John; DeSalles, Antonio; Chung, Steve; Shetter, Andrew; Bergen, Donna; Bakay, Roy; Henderson, Jaimie; French, Jacqueline; Baltuch, Gordon; Rosenfeld, William; Youkilis, Andrew; Marks, William; Garcia, Paul; Barbaro, Nicolas; Fountain, Nathan; Bazil, Carl; Goodman, Robert; McKhann, Guy; Babu Krishnamurthy, K.; Papavassiliou, Steven; Epstein, Charles; Pollard, John; Tonder, Lisa; Grebin, Joan; Coffey, Robert; Graves, Nina; SANTE Study Group, the

doi:10.1111/j.1528-1167.2010.02536.x

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Electrical stimulation of the anterior nucleus of thalamus for treatment of refractory epilepsy

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Authors:

Robert Fisher

Vicenta Salanova

Thomas Witt

Abstract

Summary Purpose: We report a multicenter, double‐blind, randomized trial of bilateral stimulation of the anterior nuclei of the thalamus for localization‐related epilepsy. Methods: Participants were adults with medically refractory partial seizures, including secondarily generalized seizures. Half r...

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