Long-term outcome of vagus nerve stimulation therapy after failed epilepsy surgery

Seizure

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 244-248

  Vale, Fernando L ^a   Ahmadian, Amir ^a   Youssef, A Samy ^a   Tatum, William O ^b   Benbadis, Selim R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy surgery; Intractable epilepsy; Lobectomy; Vagus nerve stimulator

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCHOOL CHILD; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOPHYSICS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952455690     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2010.12.003     Document Type: Article

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