Neurostimulation-past, present, and beyond

Epilepsy Currents

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 188-191

  Ben Menachem, Elinor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

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Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); EPILEPSY; EUROPE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; NERVE STIMULATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREGNANCY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TERATOGENICITY; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; UNITED STATES; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 84870275656     PISSN: 15357597     EISSN: 15357511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5698/1535-7511-12.5.188     Document Type: Article

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