Delayed response of seizures with vagus nerve stimulation in Lennox-Gastaut syndrome

Neurology

Volumn 63, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1539-1540

  Buoni, Sabrina ^a   Zannolli, R ^a   Macucci, F ^a   Pieri, S ^a   Galluzzi, P ^b   Mariottini, A ^c   Fois, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SIENA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOBAZAM; ETHOSUXIMIDE; GABAPENTIN; LAMOTRIGINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PRIMIDONE; TIAGABINE; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID; VIGABATRIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN PERFUSION; BRAIN REGION; CASE REPORT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FRONTAL CORTEX; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; LENNOX GASTAUT SYNDROME; MALE; MICROGYRIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 7244251859     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000141854.58301.4C     Document Type: Article

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