Prospective long-term study of vagus nerve stimulation for the treatment of refractory seizures

Epilepsia

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1195-1200

  DeGiorgio, C M ^a   Schachter, S C ^b   Handforth, A ^c   Salinsky, M ^d   Thompson, J ^e   Uthman, B ^f   Reed, R ^g   Collin, S ^h   Tecoma, E ⁱ   Morris, G L ^j   Vaughn, B ^k   Naritoku, D K ^g   Henry, T ^l,m   Labar, D ^a   Gilmartin, R ⁿ   Labiner, D ^o   Osorio, I ^p   Ristanovic, R ^q,r   Jones, J ^s   Murphy, J ^t   Ney, G ^u   Wheless, J ^v   Lewis, P ^e   Heck, C ^w   more..

^a UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Neurology Department Texas Medical school   (United States)

^d OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Synergos Consultants in Biomedical Research   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^g SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^j MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^l EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^m CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁿ Research Institute of Kansas   (United States)

^o Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences   (United States)

^p UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^q RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^r UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^s UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^t Children's Mercy Hospital   (United States)

^u LONG ISLAND JEWISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^v UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^w VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

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Author keywords

Intractable epilepsy; Vagus nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DEPRESSION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; LARYNX DISORDER; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEUROTOXICITY; PHARYNGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEIZURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0033811085     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.2000.tb00325.x     Document Type: Article

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