Chronic stimulation of the left vagal nerve in children: Effect on swallowing

Epilepsia

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1113-1114

  Schallert, Gloria ^a   Foster, Jeffrey ^a   Lindquist, Nancy ^a   Murphy, Jerome V ^a  

^a CHILDREN S MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Pediatric epilepsy; Swallowing; Vagal nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; BARIUM MEAL; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; NERVE STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWALLOWING; VAGUS NERVE;

AGE FACTORS; BARIUM SULFATE; CHILD; CINERADIOGRAPHY; DEGLUTITION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; EPILEPSY; FLUOROSCOPY; FOREIGN BODIES; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; INHALATION; LARYNX; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0031697220     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1998.tb01298.x     Document Type: Article

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