Vagus nerve stimulation for seizures

Archives of Medical Research

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 300-303

  Uthman, B M ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjunctive therapy; Epilesy; Intractable; Seizures; Surgery; Vagus nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

BREATHING DISORDER; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFERENCE PAPER; COUGHING; DEVICE; HUMAN; IMPLANT; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; LARYNX DISORDER; NERVE STIMULATION; PULSE GENERATOR; SAFETY; SEIZURE; SORE THROAT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGUS NERVE;

ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; HUMANS; SEIZURES; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0033795613     PISSN: 01884409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0188-4409(00)00060-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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