Vagus nerve stimulation: Analysis of device parameters in 154 patients during the long-term XE5 study

Epilepsia

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1017-1020

  Degiorgio, Christopher M ^a,b   Thompson, Jaye ^c   Lewis, Paul ^c   Arrambide, Stacey ^c   Naritoku, Dean ^d   Handforth, Adrian ^a   Labar, Doug ^e   Mullin, Paul ^a   Heck, Christi ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OLIVE VIEW UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c SYNERGOS Inc   (United States)

^d SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Device changes; Duty cycle; Vagus nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NERVE STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGUS NERVE;

DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; EPILEPSY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0034869516     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1528-1157.2001.0420081017.x     Document Type: Article

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