Vagus nerve stimulation in children less than 5 years old

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1167-1169

  Blount, Jeffrey P ^a   Tubbs, R Shane ^a   Kankirawatana, Pongkiat ^a   Kiel, Sarah ^a   Knowlton, Robert ^a   Grabb, Paul A ^a   Bebin, Martina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Cranial nerve; Epilepsy; Pediatrics; Seizure; Stimulation; Vagus nerve

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ATONIC SEIZURE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 33748180268     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-006-0104-9     Document Type: Article

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