The effects of vagus nerve stimulation therapy on patients with intractable seizures and either Landau-Kleffner syndrome or autism

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 286-290

  Park, Yong D ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Behavioral disorders; Epilepsy; Intractable seizures; Landau Kleffner syndrome; Language disorders; Pharmacoresistant epilepsy; Vagus nerve stimulation therapy

Indexed keywords

ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; LANDAU KLEFFNER SYNDROME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSICIAN; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 0141726862     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1525-5050(03)00080-5     Document Type: Article

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