Assessment of vagus nerve stimulation for epilepsy: Report of the Therapeutics and Technology Assessment Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology

Neurology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 293-297

  Fisher, Robert S ^a   Krauss, Gregory L ^b   Ramsay, Eugene ^c   Laxer, Kenneth ^d   Gates, John ^e  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e MINNESOTA EPILEPSY GROUP   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; IMPLANT; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 0030854711     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.49.1.293     Document Type: Article

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