Long-term results with vagus nerve stimulation in children with pharmacoresistant epilepsy

Seizure

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 491-503

  Alexopoulos, Andreas V ^a   Kotagal, Prakash ^a   Loddenkemper, Tobias ^a   Hammel, Jeffrey ^a   Bingaman, William E ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain stimulation; Epilepsy; Intractable seizures; Pharmacoresistant epilepsy; Vagus nerve stimulation; VNS

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADD ON THERAPY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; HYPERSALIVATION; INFECTION; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SORE THROAT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DRUG RESISTANCE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; EPILEPSY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 33748071761     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2006.06.002     Document Type: Article

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