Effect of vagal nerve stimulation in Dyke-Davidoff-Masson syndrome with refractory generalized seizures - Case report;Dyke-Davidoff-Masson Sendromuna baǧlı refrakter generalize epilepside vagal sinir stimülasyonunun Etkisi

Turkish Neurosurgery

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 197-199

  Erdem, Atilla ^a   Acik, Vedat ^a   Leventoǧlu, Alev ^b   Sarilar, Caner ^a   Cansu, Ali ^c  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UFUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Dyke Davidoff Masson syndrome; Refractory generalized seizures; Vagal nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FEMALE; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

BRAIN; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; FEMALE; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68549101699     PISSN: 10195149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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