Dramatic first words spoken in 2 children after vagus nerve stimulation

Seminars in Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 54-57

  Grill, Marie F ^a   Ng, Yu tze ^a  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CLONAZEPAM; DIAZEPAM; PHENOBARBITAL; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID; ZONISAMIDE;

ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN PERFUSION; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL SINUS THROMBOSIS; CHILD; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYNDROME; GELASTIC SEIZURE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MUSCULOSKELETAL STIFFNESS; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH DISORDER; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; WEST SYNDROME;

BRAIN; CHILD; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SPEECH; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 77952514311     PISSN: 10719091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spen.2010.02.009     Document Type: Article

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