Vagus nerve stimulation therapy for partial-onset seizures: A randomized active-control trial

Neurology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 48-55

  Handforth, Adrian ^a,t   DeGiorgio, C M ^a   Schachter, S C ^b   Uthman, B M ^c   Naritoku, D K ^d   Tecoma, E S ^e   Henry, T R ^f   Collins, S D ^g   Vaughn, B V ^h   Gilmartin, R C ⁱ   Labar, D R ^j   Morris III, G L ^k   Salinsky, M C ^l   Osorio, I ^m   Ristanovic, R K ⁿ   Labiner, D M ^o   Jones, J C ^p   Murphy, J V ^q   Ney, G C ^r   Wheless, J W ^s  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

ⁱ Research Institute of Kansas   (United States)

^j Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^k MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^l OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁿ RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^o UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^p University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

^q Children's Mercy Hospital   (United States)

^r LONG ISLAND JEWISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^s UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^t VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DYSPEPSIA; DYSPNEA; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; FEVER; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INFECTION; LARYNX DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NAUSEA; PAIN; PHARYNGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VAGUS NERVE; VOMITING;

EID: 0031867122     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.51.1.48     Document Type: Article

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