Vagus nerve stimulation: Where are we?

Current Opinion in Neurology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 201-206

  Schachter, Steven C ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SAFETY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0036219184     PISSN: 13507540     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019052-200204000-00013     Document Type: Review

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