Long-term treatment with vagus nerve stimulation in patients with refractory epilepsy

Neurology

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1731-1735

  Morris III, George L ^a   Mueller, Wade M ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Long term outcome; Seizures; Vagus nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREATHING DISORDER; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEVICE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE GENERATOR; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 0033544431     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.53.8.1731     Document Type: Article

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