Is neurostimulation through the vagal nerve safe during pregnancy?

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¹ Department of Neurology, Division of Epilepsy Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 60 Fenwood Road, Boston, MA 02115, United States; Department of Neurology & Neurological Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford Neuroscience Health Center, 213 Quarry Road, MC 5979 (room 2856), Palo Alto, CA 94304-5979, United States. Electronic address: pevoinescu@partners.org.
² Department of Neurology, Division of Epilepsy Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 60 Fenwood Road, Boston, MA 02115, United States; Department of Neurology & Neurological Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford Neuroscience Health Center, 213 Quarry Road, MC 5979 (room 2856), Palo Alto, CA 94304-5979, United States. Electronic address: kmeador@stanford.edu.

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P Emanuela Voinescu et al. Epilepsy Res. 2017 Nov.

. 2017 Nov:137:163-164.

doi: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2017.07.008.

¹ Department of Neurology, Division of Epilepsy Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 60 Fenwood Road, Boston, MA 02115, United States; Department of Neurology & Neurological Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford Neuroscience Health Center, 213 Quarry Road, MC 5979 (room 2856), Palo Alto, CA 94304-5979, United States. Electronic address: pevoinescu@partners.org.
² Department of Neurology, Division of Epilepsy Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 60 Fenwood Road, Boston, MA 02115, United States; Department of Neurology & Neurological Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford Neuroscience Health Center, 213 Quarry Road, MC 5979 (room 2856), Palo Alto, CA 94304-5979, United States. Electronic address: kmeador@stanford.edu.

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Maternal and fetal outcomes associated with vagus nerve stimulation during pregnancy.
Sabers A, Battino D, Bonizzoni E, Craig J, Lindhout D, Perucca E, Thomas SV, Tomson T, Vajda F. Sabers A, et al. Epilepsy Res. 2017 Nov;137:159-162. doi: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2017.05.013. Epilepsy Res. 2017. PMID: 29054513

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