Skepticism should not result in ignoring a treatment option.

Neurology

From the Departments of Neurology (S.B.) and Neurosurgery (F.L.V.), University of South Florida, Tampa; the Department of Neurology (S.H.), Emory University, Atlanta, GA; the Yale Comprehensive Epilepsy Center (L.H.), Yale University, New Haven, CT; the Department of Neurology (J.S.), Mayo Clinic Arizona, Phoenix; and the University of Tennessee (J.W.), Knoxville.

Published: August 2014

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