Vagus nerve stimulation reduces daytime sleepiness in epilepsy patients

Neurology

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 879-884

  Malow, Beth A ^a,b   Edwards, J ^a   Marzec, M ^a   Sagher, O ^a   Ross, D ^a   Fromes, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Michael S Aldrich Sleep Disorders Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; SCORING SYSTEM; SEIZURE; SOMNOLENCE; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 0035845722     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.57.5.879     Document Type: Article

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