New aspects in epilepsy;Aktuelle fragen der epilepsie

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 111, Issue 17, 1999, Pages 705-712

  Spatt, Josef ^a   Pelzl, Georg ^a   Mamoli, Bruno ^a   Zartl, Max ^a  

^a LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR LUNG VASCULAR RESEARCH   (Austria)

Author keywords

Driving licence; Epilepsy; Mesiotemporal syndrome; Vagus nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BRAIN ATROPHY; CONFUSION; DRIVER LICENCE; EPILEPSY; FITNESS; QUALITY OF LIFE; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ADULT; ATROPHY; AUSTRIA; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CHILD; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; SYNDROME; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0033578962     PISSN: 00435325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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