Clinical utility of vagus nerve stimulation for progressive myoclonic epilepsy

Seizure

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 810-812

  Fujimoto, Ayataka ^a   Yamazoe, Tomohiro ^a   Yokota, Takuya ^a   Enoki, Hideo ^a   Sasaki, Yuki ^a   Nishimura, Mitsuyo ^a   Yamamoto, Takamichi ^a  

^a SEIREI HAMAMATSU GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLONAZEPAM; ETIRACETAM; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; BRAIN ATROPHY; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EEG ABNORMALITY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MYOCLONUS; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; NOTE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIKE WAVE; THETA RHYTHM; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 84867841459     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: 15322688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2012.08.009     Document Type: Article

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