Vagus nerve stimulation: Current concepts

Neurosurgical Focus

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Mapstone, Timothy B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Epilepsy; Vagus nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

AGE; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; VAGUS NERVE;

AGE FACTORS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; HUMANS; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 56749101847     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10920684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/FOC/2008/25/9/E9     Document Type: Review

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