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Prospective Long‐Term Study of Vagus Nerve Stimulation for the Treatment of Refractory Seizures by DeGiorgio, C. M., Schachter, S. C., Handforth, A., Salinsky, M., Thompson, J., Uthman, B., Reed, R., Collin, S., Tecoma, E., Morris, G. L., Vaughn, B., Naritoku, D. K., Henry, T., Labar, D., Gilmartin, R., Labiner, D., Osorio, I., Ristanovic, R., Jones, J., Murphy, J., Ney, G., Wheless, J., Lewis, P., Heck, C.

“…Purpose: To determine the long‐term efficacy of vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) for refractory seizures. VNS is a new treatment for refractory epilepsy. Two…”
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Vagus nerve stimulation therapy for partial-onset seizures: A randomized active-control trial by HANDFORTH, A, DEGIORGIO, C. M, LABAR, D. R, MORRIS, G. L, SALINSKY, M. C, OSORIO, I, RISTANOVIC, R. K, LABINER, D. M, JONES, J. C, MURPHY, J. V, NEY, G. C, WHELESS, J. W, SCHACHTER, S. C, UTHMAN, B. M, NARITOKU, D. K, TECOMA, E. S, HENRY, T. R, COLLINS, S. D, VAUGHN, B. V, GILMARTIN, R. C

“…The purpose of this multicenter, add-on, double-blind, randomized, active-control study was to compare the efficacy and safety of presumably therapeutic (high)…”
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Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy associated with progressive deterioration in heart rate variability by Rauscher, G, DeGiorgio, A.C, Miller, P.R, DeGiorgio, C.M

“…Abstract We describe a patient with severe epilepsy who underwent serial measurements of heart rate variability (HRV) prior to his death from autopsy-confirmed…”
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Treatment of neurocysticercosis : Current status and future research needs by NASH, T. E, SINGH, G, DEL BRUTTO, O. H, DELGADO-ESCUETA, A, EVANS, C. A. W, GILMAN, R. H, MARTINEZ, S. M, MEDINA, M. T, PRETELL, E. J, TEALE, J, GARCIA, H. H, WHITE, A. C, RAJSHEKHAR, V, LOEB, J. A, PROANO, J. V, TAKAYANAGUI, O. M, GONZALEZ, A. E, BUTMAN, J. A, DEGIORGIO, C

“…Here we put forward a roadmap that summarizes important questions that need to be answered to determine more effective and safer treatments. A key concept in…”
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n -3 fatty acids (eicosapentanoic and docosahexanoic acids) in epilepsy and for the prevention of sudden unexpected death in epilepsy by DeGiorgio, C.M, Miller, Patrick

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Serum neuron-specific enolase in the major subtypes of status epilepticus by DEGIORGIO, C. M, HECK, C. N, RABINOWICZ, A. L, GOTT, P. S, SMITH, T, CORREALE, J

“…To determine the relative magnitudes of neuron-specific enolase (NSE) levels after complex partial status epilepticus (SE), absence SE, generalized convulsive…”
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Vagus nerve stimulation for epilepsy: is output current correlated with acute response? by Bunch, S., DeGiorgio, C. M., Krahl, S., Britton, J., Green, P., Lancman, M., Murphy, J., Olejniczak, P., Shih, J., Heck, C. N.

“…Objectives –  Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) is an effective treatment for intractable epilepsy. It is unknown whether acute response is correlated with the…”
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Status epilepticus increases CSF levels of neuron-specific enolase and alters the blood-brain barrier by CORREALE, J, RABINOWICZ, A. L, HECK, C. N, SMITH, T. D, LOSKOTA, W. J, DEGIORGIO, C. M

“…Neuron-specific enolase (NSE) is a sensitive marker of brain damage in stroke, global ischemia, and coma. Serum NSE is also correlated with the duration and…”
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Vagus nerve stimulation for epilepsy : Randomized comparison of three stimulation paradigms by DEGIORGIO, C, HECK, C, SOSS, J, BUNCH, S, BRITTON, J, GREEN, P, LANCMAN, M, MURPHY, J, OLEJNICZAK, P, SHIH, J, ARRAMBIDE, S

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Nitrous oxide inhalation as a cause of cervical myelopathy by Waters, M. F., Kang, G. A., Mazziotta, J. C., DeGiorgio, C. M.

“…Current evidence suggests that the incidence of recreational nitrous oxide inhalation is on the rise. Due to the possibility of clinically significant…”
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Serum neuron-specific enolase in human status epilepticus by DEGIORGIO, C. M, CORREALE, J. D, GOTT, P. S, GINSBURG, D. L, BRACHT, K. A, SMITH, T, BOUTROS, R, LOSKOTA, W. J, RABINOWICZ, A. L

“…Neuron-specific enolase (NSE) is a sensitive marker of brain injury after stroke, global ischemia, and coma. We report changes in serum NSE (s-NSE) in 19…”
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Treatment of recurrent malignant gliomas with chronic oral high-dose tamoxifen by COULDWELL, W. T, HINTON, D. R, SURNOCK, A. A, DEGIORGIO, C. M, WEINER, L. P, APUZZO, M. L. J, MASRI, L, LAW, R. E, WEISS, M. H

“…The present clinical trial was undertaken to assess the clinical safety and possible efficacy of administering tamoxifen to patients with recurrent malignant…”
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Sero-prevalence of Taenia solium Cysticercosis and Taenia solium Taeniasis in California, USA by DeGiorgio, C., Pietsch-Escueta, S., Tsang, V., Corral-Leyva, G., Ng, L., Medina, M. T., Astudillo, S., Padilla, N., Leyva, P., Martinez, L., Noh, J., Levine, M., del Villasenor, R., Sorvillo, F.

“…Objectives – Taenia solium Cysticercosis is a leading cause of epilepsy and neurological disability in the developing world. It is caused by ingestion of the…”
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Neuron-specific enolase, a marker of acute neuronal injury, is increased in complex partial status epilepticus by DeGiorgio, C M, Gott, P S, Rabinowicz, A L, Heck, C N, Smith, T D, Correale, J D

“…To determine whether complex partial status epilepticus (CPSE) causes brain injury in humans. Serum neuron-specific enolase (s-NSE) is an accepted marker of…”
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An institutional experience with cervical vagus nerve trunk stimulation for medically refractory epilepsy: rationale, technique, and outcome by Amar, A P, Heck, C N, Levy, M L, Smith, T, DeGiorgio, C M, Oviedo, S, Apuzzo, M L

“…Intermittent stimulation of the left cervical vagus nerve trunk is emerging as a novel adjunct in the treatment of medically refractory seizures. We sought to…”
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Hippocampal pyramidal cell loss in human status epilepticus by DeGiorgio, C M, Tomiyasu, U, Gott, P S, Treiman, D M

“…A pilot case-control quantitative study of the hippocampus in patients with severe status epilepticus was performed to identify specific patterns of pyramidal…”
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Neuron-specific enolase is increased after single seizures during inpatient video/EEG monitoring by Rabinowicz, A L, Correale, J, Boutros, R B, Couldwell, W T, Henderson, C W, DeGiorgio, C M

“…Neuron-specific enolase (NSE) is a marker of brain injury after acute neurologic insults. We report changes in serum NSE (s-NSE) in 25 patients (15 with…”
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Vagus Nerve Stimulation: Analysis of Device Parameters in 154 Patients during the Long‐Term XE5 Study by DeGiorgio, Christopher M., Thompson, Jaye, Lewis, Paul, Arrambide, Stacey, Naritoku, Dean, Handforth, Adrian, Labar, Doug, Mullin, Paul, Heck, Christi

“…Purpose: To determine the effect of changes in device settings and duty cycle (on and off times) on the efficacy of vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) for…”
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SUDEP and heart rate variability by DeGiorgio, Christopher M, DeGiorgio, Andrew C

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The frequently low cobalamin levels in dementia usually signify treatable metabolic, neurologic and electrophysiologic abnormalities by Carmel, R, Gott, P S, Waters, C H, Cairo, K, Green, R, Bondareff, W, DeGiorgio, C M, Cummings, J L, Jacobsen, D W, Buckwalter, G

“…Cobalamin levels are frequently low in patients with dementia, but it is unclear if they represent definable deficiency and what the mechanisms are. Therefore,…”
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