Cumulative effect of vagus nerve stimulators on intractable seizures observed over a period of 3years

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 299-302

  Siddiqui, Fouzia ^a   Herial, Nabeel A ^a   Ali, Imran I ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Long term evaluation; Refractory epilepsy; Vagus nerve stimulator

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MALE; MORBIDITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PROCEDURES; SEIZURES; TIME;

ADULT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; TIME FACTORS; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 77954387451     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2010.04.008     Document Type: Article

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