Persistent antiepileptic effects after vagus nerve stimulation ends?

Neurology

Volumn 61, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1818-

  Labar, Douglas ^a   Ponticello, Laura ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BROMIDE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM; ETHOSUXIMIDE; GABAPENTIN; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORPUS CALLOSUM TRANSSECTION; DEVICE INFECTION; EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KETOGENIC DIET; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 0347364660     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000098995.74791.FD     Document Type: Article

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