Chronic intermittent vagal nerve stimulation. A new therapeutic approach in epilepsy;Kronisk intermitterende stimulering av nervus vagus - En ny behandlingsform ved epilepsi

Tidsskrift for den Norske Laegeforening

Volumn 121, Issue 13, 2001, Pages 1582-1585

  Nakken, K O ^a   Henriksen, O ^a   Roste G K ^b   Lossius, R ^a  

^a Statens Senter for Epilepsi   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VAGUS NERVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0035918708     PISSN: 00292001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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