Long-term effects of 24-month treatment with vagus nerve stimulation on behaviour in children with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 475-479

  Aldenkamp, A P ^a,b,e   Majoie, H J M ^a,e   Berfelo, M W ^b   Evers, S M A A ^c   Kessels, A G H ^b   Renier, W O ^d   Wilmink, J ^b  

^a EPILEPSY CENTER KEMPENHAEGHE   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; LAMOTRIGINE; OXCARBAZEPINE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC CURRENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; LENNOX GASTAUT SYNDROME; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MOOD; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEIZURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 0036815988     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1525-5050(02)00517-6     Document Type: Article

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