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Hippocampal electrical stimulation in mesial temporal lobe epilepsy

J. F. Tellez-Zenteno, R. S. McLachlan, Andrew G. Parrent, Cynthia S. Kubu, Samuel Wiebe

Neurology · 2006 · 247 citations · 22 references

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Abstract

The authors demonstrate important beneficial trends, some long-term benefits, and absence of adverse effects of hippocampal electrical stimulation in mesial temporal lobe epilepsy. However, the effect sizes observed were smaller than those reported in non-randomized, unblinded studies.

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