Tonic and atonic seizures: What's next - VNS or callosotomy?

Epilepsia

Volumn 50, Issue SUPPL. 8, 2009, Pages 25-30

  Rosenfeld, William E ^b   Roberts, David W ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Comprehensive Epilepsy Care Center for Children and Adults ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Corpus callosum; Epilepsy; Surgery; Vagus nerve

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ATONIC SEIZURE; CALLOSOTOMY; COMORBIDITY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; HEADACHE; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; LENNOX GASTAUT SYNDROME; NECK PAIN; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SORE THROAT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THERAPY EFFECT; TONIC SEIZURE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; VOICE CHANGE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CORPUS CALLOSUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK FACTORS; SEIZURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 68949197418     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2009.02232.x     Document Type: Review

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