Right-sided vagus nerve stimulation in humans: An effective therapy?

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 82, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 232-234

  Spuck, Sebastian ^a   Nowak, Georg ^a   Renneberg, Axel ^b   Tronnier, Volker ^a   Sperner, Jürgen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^b Department of Pediatrics and Neuropediatrics   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Right sided; Vagus nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ETIRACETAM; VALPROIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASYSTOLE; CASE REPORT; DEVICE REMOVAL; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HEART VENTRICLE BIGEMINY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS BRADYCARDIA; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; BRADYCARDIA; BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; DEVICE REMOVAL; DRUG RESISTANCE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EPILEPSY, COMPLEX PARTIAL; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; HOARSENESS; HUMANS; MALE; RATS; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SINOATRIAL NODE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 56449118496     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2008.08.003     Document Type: Article

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