Effectiveness of deep brain stimulation on refractory aggression in pediatric patients with autism and severe intellectual disability: meta-analytic review

• Main Authors: Jorge Herrera-Pino (Author), Juancarlos Benedetti-Isaac (Author), Daniela Ripoll-Córdoba (Author), Loida Camargo (Author), Edgard E. Castillo-Tamara (Author), Breiner Morales-Asencio (Author), Esther Perea-Castro (Author), Martín Torres Zambrano (Author), Alejandro Ducassou (Author), Yuliana Flórez (Author), María F. Porto (Author), Pascual A. Gargiulo (Author), Boris Zurita-Cueva (Author), Nicole Caldichoury (Author), Juan-Carlos Coronado (Author), Cesar Castellanos (Author), Cleto Ramírez-Penso (Author), Norman López (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2024-07-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Some patients with autism and severe intellectual disability may experience uncontrolled aggression, causing serious injury or harm to others, and the therapeutic ineffectiveness of traditional pharmacological and behavioral treatment may aggravate symptoms. Deep brain stimulation (DBS) has...