Vagus nerve stimulation for partial seizures

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Privitera, Michael D ^a   Welty, Timothy T E ^b   Ficker, David D M ^a   Welge, Jeffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SAMFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

*Vagus nerve; Electric stimulation therapy *methods ; Epilepsies, partial *therapy ; Humans; Randomized controlled trials as topic

Indexed keywords

ATAXIA; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; COUGHING; DIZZINESS; DYSPNEA; FATIGUE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HIGH LEVEL VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; LOW LEVEL VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; MALAISE; NAUSEA; NECK PAIN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PARESTHESIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SOMNOLENCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 77950150464     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD002896     Document Type: Review

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