Vagus nerve stimulation in patients with catastrophic childhood epilepsy, a 2-year follow-up study

Seizure

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 10-18

  Majoie, H J M ^a,b   Berfelo, M W ^c   Aldenkamp, A P ^a,b,c   Renier, W O ^c   Kessels, A G H ^d  

^a EPILEPSY CENTER KEMPENHAEGHE   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Lennox Gastaut syndrome; Neuropsychological functioning; Side effects; Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS)

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; LAMOTRIGINE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COUGHING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; LENNOX GASTAUT SYNDROME; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TERMINAL DISEASE; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 12144255116     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2004.02.003     Document Type: Article

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