Trigeminal nerve stimulation for epilepsy

Neurology

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 421-422

  DeGiorgio, Christopher M ^a,c   Shewmon, D Alan ^a   Whitehurst, Todd ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Advanced Bionics   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETIRACETAM; TOPIRAMATE; ZONISAMIDE;

ADULT; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CASE REPORT; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; DEVICE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MUSCLE TWITCH; PAIN THRESHOLD; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; TRIGEMINAL NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 0041623024     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000073982.42650.57     Document Type: Article

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