Vagus-nerve stimulation for the treatment of epilepsy

Lancet Neurology

Volumn 1, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 477-482

  Ben Menachem, Elinor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ETIRACETAM; LAMOTRIGINE; NORADRENALIN; PLACEBO; TOPIRAMATE;

AFFERENT NERVE GROUP 1; ASYSTOLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; BETA NERVE FIBER; BRADYCARDIA; BRAIN; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CLAVICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; COUGHING; DEATH; DEPRESSION; DEVICE REMOVAL; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DYSPNEA; EPILEPSY; FACE; FATALITY; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; IMPLANTATION; INFECTION; LARYNX DISORDER; LIMBIC CORTEX; LONG TERM CARE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NERVE FIBER C; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; OPEN STUDY; PAIN; PARESTHESIA; PHARYNGITIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REFRACTORY PERIOD; REVIEW; SORE THROAT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THALAMUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGUS NERVE; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS; ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL; CHILD; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL TRIALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; QUALITY OF LIFE; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0041386052     PISSN: 14744422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1474-4422(02)00220-X     Document Type: Review

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