In vivo alteration of Strata valve setting by vagus nerve stimulator-activating magnet

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 41-42

  Guilfoyle, Mathew R ^a   Fernandes, H ^a   Price, S ^a  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Programmable valve; Strata; Vagus nerve stimulator; Ventriculoperitoneal shunt

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CALIBRATION; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; IMPLANT; IN VIVO STUDY; MAGNET; MAGNETIC FIELD; NAUSEA; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; VAGUS NERVE; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; MAGNETICS; MENINGITIS; SEIZURES; VAGUS NERVE; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 34047094995     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: 1360046X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02688690701243217     Document Type: Article

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