A randomized controlled trial of chronic vagus nerve stimulation for treatment of medically intractable seizures

Neurology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 224-230

  George, R ^a   Sonnen, A ^b   Upton, A ^c   Salinsky, M ^d   Ristanovic, R ^e   Bergen, D ^e   Mirza, W ^f   Rosenfeld, W ^g   Nari Toku, D ^h   Manon Espaillat, R ⁱ   Barolat, G ^j   Willis, J ^k   Stefan, H ^l   Treig, T ^l   Hufnagel, A ^m   Kuzniecky, R ⁿ   Uthman, B ^o   Wilder, B J ^o   Augustinsson, L ^p   Ben Menachem, E ^p   Ramsay, E ^q   Wernick E, J F ^r   Tarver, W B ^r   more..

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Hans Berger Kliniek   (Netherlands)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g St Lukes Hospital   (United States)

^h SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^m UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^o UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^p UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^q UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^r Cyberonics Inc   (Italy)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HEADACHE; HEART INFARCTION; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; IMPLANT; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MYALGIA; PARESTHESIA; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SORE THROAT; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; VERTIGO;

ADULT; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0028819092     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.45.2.224     Document Type: Article

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