Left vagus nerve stimulation in children with refractory epilepsy: An update

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 484-488

  Hornig, Gregory W ^a,b   Murphy, Jerome V ^a,b   Schallert, Gloria ^a,b   Tilton, Christy ^a,b  

^a Children's Mercy Hospital ^*  (United States)

^b CHILDREN S MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORPUS CALLOSUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; LENNOX GASTAUT SYNDROME; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; VAGUS NERVE; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 0030964513     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-199705000-00003     Document Type: Article

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