Predicting success of vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) from interictal EEG

Seizure

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 541-545

  De Vos, C C ^a,b   Melching, L ^a   Van Schoonhoven, J ^a   Ardesch, J J ^b   De Weerd, A W ^c   Van Lambalgen, H C E ^c   Van Putten, M J A M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b MEDISCH SPECTRUM TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^c STICHTING EPILEPSIE INSTELLINGEN NEDERLAND SEIN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Brain symmetry index (BSI); Epilepsy; Quantitative electroencephalography (qEEG); Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS)

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MALE; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PILOT STUDY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 79960910840     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: 15322688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2011.04.002     Document Type: Article

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