Autonomic effects of refractory epilepsy on heart rate variability in children: Influence of intermittent vagus nerve stimulation

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1143-1149

  Jansen, Katrien ^a   Vandeput, Steven ^b   Milosevic, Milica ^b   Ceulemans, Berten ^c   Van Huffel, Sabine ^b   Brown, Lindsay ^d   Penders, Julien ^d   Lagae, Lieven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c Epilepsy Center   (Belgium)

^d HOLST CENTRE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENCE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE EPILEPSY; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; LENNOX GASTAUT SYNDROME; MALE; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTORY EPILEPSY; SCHOOL CHILD; SLEEP STAGE; SLOW WAVE SLEEP; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEART; HEART RATE; HUMANS; IMPLANTABLE NEUROSTIMULATORS; MALE; SLEEP; VAGUS NERVE; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 81355133892     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2011.04103.x     Document Type: Article

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