Elimination of oxcarbazepine-induced oculogyric crisis following vagus nerve stimulation

Neurology

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1918-1919

  Gatzonis, S D ^a   Georgaculias, N ^b   Singounas, E ^c   Jenkins, A ^a   Stamboulis, E ^b   Siafakas, A ^b  

^a NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b EVANGELISMOS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXCARBAZEPINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CASE REPORT; DRUG RESPONSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HUMAN; MALE; OROFACIAL DYSKINESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; SEIZURE; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; THALAMUS; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 0033050346     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.52.9.1918     Document Type: Article

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