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A Potential Novel Mechanism for Vagus Nerve Stimulator-Related Central Sleep Apnea

The treatment of epilepsy with vagus nerve stimulation can inadvertently cause obstructive and central sleep apnea (CSA). The mechanism for CSA seen in patients with a vagus nerve stimulator (VNS) is not fully known. We describe the case of a 13-year-old girl in whom VNS activation induced tachypnea...

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Publié dans:Children (Basel)
Auteurs principaux: Forde, Inga C., Mansukhani, Meghna P., Kolla, Bhanu Prakash, Kotagal, Suresh
Format: Artigo
Langue:Inglês
Publié: MDPI 2017
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Accès en ligne:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5664016/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28961186
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children4100086
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