Adverse events in children receiving intermittent left vagal nerve stimulation

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 42-44

  Murphy, Jerome V ^a   Hornig, Gregory W ^a   Schallert, Gloria S ^a   Tilton, Christie L ^a  

^a CHILDREN S MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FRACTURE; GASTROSTOMY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0031819873     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0887-8994(98)00013-7     Document Type: Article

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