Vagus nerve stimulation in children with intractable epilepsy: A randomized controlled trial

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 855-861

  Klinkenberg, Sylvia ^a   Aalbers, Marlien W ^a,b   Vles, Johan S H ^a,b   Cornips, Erwin M J ^a   Rijkers, Kim ^a   Leenen, Loes ^c   Kessels, Fons G H ^a   Aldenkamp, Albert P ^a,b,c   Majoie, Marian ^c  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c EPILEPSY CENTER KEMPENHAEGHE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABNORMAL SENSATION; ADOLESCENT; AGITATION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CHALFONT SEIZURE SEVERITY SCALE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; CRYING; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; PULSE GENERATOR; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SORE THROAT; STARTLE REFLEX; SWELLING; THERAPY EFFECT; TINGLING SENSATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; VOICE CHANGE; WELLBEING;

ADOLESCENT; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KETOGENIC DIET; MALE; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 84865169584     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2012.04305.x     Document Type: Article

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