Vagus nerve stimulation in children with intractable epilepsy

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 782-783

  Pressler, Ronit M ^a  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; LEARNING; NOTE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; PSYCHOSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT; SEIZURE; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 84865185421     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2012.04376.x     Document Type: Note

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