Vagus nerve stimulation in 15 children with therapy resistant epilepsy; its impact on cognition, quality of life, behaviour and mood

Seizure

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 504-513

  Hallböök, Tove ^a   Lundgren, Johan ^a   Stjernqvist, Karin ^b   Blennow, Gösta ^a   Strömblad, Lars Göran ^a   Rosén, Ingmar ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Children; Cognitive development; Epilepsy; Mood; Quality of life; Vagus nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MALE; MOOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; RELAPSE; SEIZURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; DEMOGRAPHY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; DRUG RESISTANCE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; STATISTICS; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 27644549124     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2005.08.007     Document Type: Article

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