Long-term effect of vagus nerve stimulation on interictal epileptiform discharges in refractory epilepsy

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 284, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 96-102

  Wang, Haiyang ^a   Chen, Xiaoguang ^a   Lin, Zhiguo ^a   Shao, Zhengbo ^a   Sun, Bomin ^b   Shen, Hong ^a   Liu, Li ^a  

^a HARBIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI SECOND MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

EEG; Epileptiform activity; Interictal epileptiform discharges; Refractory epilepsy; Seizure frequency; Vagus nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTORY EPILEPSY; SEIZURE; SORE THROAT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGUS NERVE; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; DRUG RESISTANCE; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, ABSENCE; EPILEPSY, COMPLEX PARTIAL; EPILEPSY, TONIC-CLONIC; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67849118647     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2009.04.012     Document Type: Article

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