Electrical stimulation in epilepsy: Vagus nerve and brain stimulation

Current Treatment Options in Neurology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 443-453

  Jobst, Barbara C ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BLEEDING; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COUGHING; DEPRESSION; DEVICE INFECTION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DYSPNEA; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EPILEPSY; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HIPPOCAMPUS; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATIENT SAFETY; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REVIEW; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SYNCOPE; THALAMUS ANTERIOR NUCLEUS; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 78149466369     PISSN: 10928480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11940-010-0087-4     Document Type: Review

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