Vagus Nerve Stimulation for Intractable Seizures in Children

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 323-326

  Saneto, Russell P ^a   Sotero de Menezes, Marcio A ^a   Ojemann, Jeffrey G ^a   Bournival, Brian D ^a   Murphy, Patricia J ^a   Cook, William B ^a   Avellino, Anthony M ^a   Ellenbogen, Richard G ^a  

^a SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MALE; MIXED SEIZURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 33750290426     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2006.06.005     Document Type: Article

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