Vagus nerve stimulation therapy

Drugs of Today

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 501-515

  Wheless, James W ^a,b   Baumgartner, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL HERMANN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; DEVICE; DYSPEPSIA; DYSPNEA; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; LARYNX SPASM; MAGNET; MIGRAINE; NAUSEA; PAIN; PARESTHESIA; PATIENT SELECTION; PHARYNGITIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PULSE GENERATOR; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT; THROAT DISEASE; TREATMENT INDICATION; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

CLINICAL TRIALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; HUMANS; SEIZURES; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 3242736759     PISSN: 16993993     EISSN: 16994019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1358/dot.2004.40.6.850483     Document Type: Review

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