Effectiveness of vagal nerve stimulation (VNS) in patients with drop-attacks and different epileptic syndromes

Seizure

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 468-474

  Zamponi, N ^a   Passamonti, C ^a   Cesaroni, E ^a   Trignani, R ^a   Rychlicki, F ^a  

^a OSPEDALI RIUNITI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Drop attacks; Lennox Gastaut syndrome; Severe epilepsy with multiple independent spike foci; Vagus nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DROP ATTACK; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LENNOX GASTAUT SYNDROME; MALE; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEVERE EPILEPSY WITH MULTIPLE INDEPENDENT SPIKE FOCI; THERAPY EFFECT; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SYNCOPE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGUS NERVE; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79958292554     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: 15322688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2011.02.011     Document Type: Article

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