Efficacy of vagus nerve stimulation over time: Review of 65 consecutive patients with treatment-resistant epilepsy treated with VNS >10years

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 478-483

  Elliott, Robert E ^a   Morsi, Amr ^a   Tanweer, Omar ^a   Grobelny, Bartosz ^a   Geller, Eric ^b   Carlson, Chad ^a   Devinsky, Orrin ^a,b   Doyle, Werner K ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SAINT BARNABAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy surgery; Medically intractable epilepsy; Medically refractory epilepsy; Pharmacoresistant epilepsy; Vagus nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE CONTROL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; THERAPY RESISTANCE; TREATMENT DURATION; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952735820     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2010.12.042     Document Type: Article

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