Vagus nerve stimulation for treatment of seizures? May be

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 232-233

  McLachlan, Richard S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; NERVE STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEIZURE; SHORT SURVEY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGUS NERVE;

ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EPILEPSY; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; PAIN; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0031935875     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.55.2.232     Document Type: Article

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