Vagus nerve stimulation in children with refractory epilepsy: Unusual complications and relationship to sleep-disordered breathing

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1309-1312

  Khurana, Divya S ^a   Reumann, Marko ^a   Hobdell, Elizabeth F ^a   Neff, Samuel ^a   Valencia, Ignacio ^a   Legido, Agustin ^a   Kothare, Sanjeev V ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Epilepsy; Sleep apnea; Vagus nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COUGHING; DISEASE RESISTANCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INFECTION; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SYMPTOM; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COUGH; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 34648835205     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-007-0404-8     Document Type: Article

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