The correlation between vagus nerve stimulation efficacy and partial onset epilepsies

Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 380-383

  Burakgazi, Ahmet Z ^a   Burakgazi Dalkilic, Evren ^b   Caputy, Anthony J ^a   Potolicchio, Samuel J ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b Hospital Care   (United States)

Author keywords

Frontal lobe epilepsy; Temporal lobe epilepsy; Vagal Nerve Stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DEVICE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; FRONTAL LOBE EPILEPSY; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; LENNOX GASTAUT SYNDROME; MALE; MULTIFOCAL EPILEPSY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARTIAL ONSET EPILEPSY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051766809     PISSN: 07360258     EISSN: 15371603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNP.0b013e318227333a     Document Type: Article

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