2015
Long-term treatment with responsive brain stimulation in adults with refractory partial seizures
Bergey GK, Morrell MJ, Mizrahi EM, Goldman A, King-Stephens D, Nair D, Srinivasan S, Jobst B, Gross RE, Shields DC, Barkley G, Salanova V, Olejniczak P, Cole A, Cash SS, Noe K, Wharen R, Worrell G, Murro AM, Edwards J, Duchowny M, Spencer D, Smith M, Geller E, Gwinn R, Skidmore C, Eisenschenk S, Berg M, Heck C, Van Ness P, Fountain N, Rutecki P, Massey A, O'Donovan C, Labar D, Duckrow RB, Hirsch LJ, Courtney T, Sun FT, Seale CG. Long-term treatment with responsive brain stimulation in adults with refractory partial seizures. Neurology 2015, 84: 810-817. PMID: 25616485, PMCID: PMC4339127, DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000001280.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRefractory partial-onset seizuresPartial-onset seizuresRefractory partial seizuresOnset seizuresQuality of lifePartial seizuresResponsive neurostimulatorSerious device-related adverse eventsMedian percent seizure reductionGeneralized tonic-clonic seizuresOpen-label safety studyDevice-related adverse eventsImplant site infectionPercent seizure reductionResponsive brain stimulationClass IV evidenceTonic-clonic seizuresDirect cortical stimulationLong-term efficacyLong-term treatmentRNS SystemDirect neurostimulationSeizure reductionAdverse eventsSite infection
1997
Concurrence of Graves' Disease and Dysplastic Cerebral Blood Vessels of the Moyamoya Variety
Tendler BE, Shoukri K, Malchoff C, MacGillivray D, Duckrow R, Talmadge T, Ramsby GR. Concurrence of Graves' Disease and Dysplastic Cerebral Blood Vessels of the Moyamoya Variety. Thyroid 1997, 7: 625-629. PMID: 9292953, DOI: 10.1089/thy.1997.7.625.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRadioactive iodine therapyDisease 10 yearsGraves' diseaseIodine therapyAcute cerebrovascular ischemiaSafe therapeutic alternativeLong-term efficacyCerebral blood vesselsAutoimmune mechanismsCerebrovascular ischemiaMoyamoya phenomenonMoyamoya diseaseAntithyroid drugsOptimal treatmentCerebral vesselsCaucasian womenTherapeutic alternativeHyperthyroidismDiseasePatientsBlood vesselsLimited experienceTherapyVesselsThyroidectomy