Effect of vagus nerve stimulation on adults with pharmacoresistant generalized epilepsy syndromes

Seizure

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 340-345

  Holmes, Mark D ^a   Silbergeld, Daniel L ^a   Drouhard, Diane ^a   Wilensky, Alan J ^a   Ojemann, Linda M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Generalized epilepsy; Intractable seizures; Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) therapy

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; DIAZEPAM; GABAPENTIN; LAMOTRIGINE; LORAZEPAM; PHENOBARBITAL; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATONIC SEIZURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLONIC SEIZURE; COLLAPSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; FALLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MYOCLONUS SEIZURE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SEIZURE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TONIC SEIZURE; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST;

EID: 2942709799     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2003.09.002     Document Type: Article

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