Quality of life after vagus nerve stimulation for intractable epilepsy: Is seizure control the only contributing factor?

European Neurology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 16-19

  McLachlan, Richard S ^a,g   Sadler, Mark ^b   Pillay, Neelan ^c   Guberman, Alan ^d   Jones, Michael ^e   Wiebe, Samuel ^a   Schneiderman, Jack ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^g Sheik Khalifa Medical City   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Quality of life, epilepsy; Seizures; Vagus nerve

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE CONTROL; DYSPHAGIA; DYSPNEA; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEARTBURN; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS; VOMITING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; EPILEPSY, COMPLEX PARTIAL; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SICK ROLE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0037631878     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000070853     Document Type: Article

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