Quality-of-Life Assessment in Patients Treated with Vagus Nerve Stimulation

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 284-287

  Ergene, Erhan ^a   Behr, Pamela K ^a   Shih, Jerry J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Vagus nerve stimulation; quality of life; refractory epilepsy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000919344     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ebeh.2001.0173     Document Type: Article

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