VNS Therapy versus the latest antiepileptic drug

Epileptic Disorders

Volumn 7, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2005, Pages

  Ben Menachem, Elinor ^a   French, Jacqueline A ^b  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic drug; Epilepsy; Vagus nerve stimulation; VNS Therapy

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ETIRACETAM; GABAPENTIN; LAMOTRIGINE; PREGABALIN;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLIANCE (PHYSICAL); CONFERENCE PAPER; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COUGHING; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIPLOPIA; DIZZINESS; DYSPHAGIA; DYSPNEA; EPILEPSY; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; LARYNX DISORDER; LENNOX GASTAUT SYNDROME; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHARYNGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SEDATION; SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SURGICAL RISK; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ANTICONVULSANTS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 25844441161     PISSN: 12949361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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