Vagus nerve stimulation for refractory idiopathic generalised epilepsy

Seizure

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 176-178

  Ng, Michael ^a   Devinsky, Orrin ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Generalised epilepsy; Intractable seizures; Vagus nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEIZURE; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 1642442714     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1059-1311(03)00147-X     Document Type: Article

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