Treatment of drug-resistant epilepsy with Vagus nerve stimulation - Review of 45 cases

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 124, Issue 24, 2011, Pages 4184-4188

  Bao, Min ^a   Zhou, Jian ^a   Luan, Guo Ming ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Prognosis; Safety; Treatment outcome; Vagus nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG RESISTANT EPILEPSY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MORBIDITY; ONSET AGE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862924109     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0366-6999.2011.24.012     Document Type: Article

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