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Case report of patient with bradycardia as a complication of VNS therapy and psychiatric worsening after turning VNS off

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The authors are very grateful to their colleagues from the University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Department of Neurology (Vlatko Sulentic M.D., Andreja Bujan Kovač M.D., Petra Nimac Kozina M.D.), Department of Psychiatry and Psychological Medicine (Maja Zivkovic M.D., PhD.), and Psychiatric Hospital “Sv. Ivan”, Zagreb (Majda Grah M.D., PhD) and to colleagues from the Department of Cardiovascular Diseases.

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Dapic Ivancic, B., Nankovic, S., Vujevic, A. et al. Case report of patient with bradycardia as a complication of VNS therapy and psychiatric worsening after turning VNS off. Neurol Sci 43, 735–738 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-021-05660-x

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