Vagal nerve stimulation for drug-resistant epilepsies in different age, aetiology and duration

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 811-819

  Colicchio, Gabriella ^a   Policicchio, Domenico ^a   Barbati, Giulia ^d   Cesaroni, Elisabetta ^c   Fuggetta, Filomena ^a   Meglio, Mario ^a   Papacci, Fabio ^a   Rychlicki, Franco ^b   Scerrati, Massimo ^b   Zamponi, Nelia ^c  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^c Ospedale Pediatrico G Salesi   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aetiology; Age; Drug resistant epilepsy; Duration; Vagus nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; IMPLANT; INFANT; LENNOX GASTAUT SYNDROME; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MCNEMAR TEST; MORBIDITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF EVALUATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURVIVAL; THROAT DISEASE; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954427186     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-009-1069-2     Document Type: Article

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