Vagus nerve stimulation for symptomatic generalized epilepsy: A pilot study

Epilepsia

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 201-205

  Labar, Douglas ^a   Nikolov, Blagovest ^a   Tarver, Brent ^b   Fraser, Richard ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Cyberonics Inc   (Italy)

Author keywords

Symptomatic generalized epilepsy; Vagus nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COUGHING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INFECTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN INCISION; SPIKE WAVE; VAGUS NERVE; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 0031930837     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1998.tb01359.x     Document Type: Article

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