Vagus nerve stimulation for the treatment of bilateral independent temporal lobe epilepsy

Epilepsia

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 954-956

  Alsaadi, Taoufik M ^a,b   Laxer, Kenneth D ^a   Barbaro, Nicholas M ^a   Marks Jr , William J ^a   Garcia, Paul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bilateral independent temporal lobe epilepsy; Vagus nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HUMAN; NERVE STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TREATMENT INDICATION; VAGUS NERVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0034850599     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1528-1157.2001.042007954.x     Document Type: Article

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