Treatment of Refractory Partial Seizures: Preliminary Results of a Controlled Study

Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 1992, Pages 1557-1571

  HOLDER, LORI K ^a   WERNICKE, J F ^a   TARVER, W BRENT ^a  

^a Cyberonics Inc   (Italy)

Author keywords

epilepsy; stimulation; vagus nerve

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYBERNETICS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; ENDOPROSTHESIS; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; QUALITY OF LIFE; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; EPILEPSY, COMPLEX PARTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0026713195     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1992.tb02934.x     Document Type: Article

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