Vagus nerve stimulation for the treatment of epilepsy

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 2, Issue 3 SUPPL. 3, 2001, Pages S1-

  Schmidt, Dieter ^a  

^a Epilepsy Research Group Berlin   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic drugs; Bipolar pulse generator; Glutamate; Lennox Gastaut syndrome; Magnetic resonance imaging; Refractory partial epilepsy; Resective epilepsy surgery; Vagus nerve; aminobutyric acid

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008752928     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ebeh.2001.0214     Document Type: Article

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