Efficacy of vagus nerve stimulation in posttraumatic versus nontraumatic epilepsy

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 970-977

  Englot, Dario J ^a,b   Rolston, John D ^a,b   Wang, Doris D ^a,b   Hassnain, Kevin H ^c   Gordon, Charles M ^c   Chang, Edward F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Cyberonics Inc   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Posttraumatic epilepsy; Seizure; Traumatic brain injury; Vagus nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONTRAUMATIC EPILEPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRAUMATIC EPILEPSY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; BRAIN INJURIES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DATA COLLECTION; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868383841     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2012.8.JNS122     Document Type: Article

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