Vagus nerve stimulation: Clinical experience in drug-resistant pediatric epileptic patients

Seizure

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 483-490

  Rychlicki, Franco ^a   Zamponi, Nelia ^b   Trignani, Roberto ^a   Ricciuti, Riccardo Antonio ^a   Iacoangeli, Maurizio ^a   Scerrati, Massimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b Ospedale Pediatrico G Salesi   (Italy)

Author keywords

Childhood; Partial epilepsy; Quality of life; Seizure control; Vagal nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APPLICATION SITE DISCOMFORT; ARTICLE; ATONIC SEIZURE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC SCAR; LENNOX GASTAUT SYNDROME; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SAFETY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; VOICE CHANGE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG RESISTANCE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; MALE; SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 33748043287     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2006.06.001     Document Type: Article

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