Vagus nerve stimulation for medically refractory absence epilepsy

Seizure

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 267-270

  Arya, Ravindra ^a   Greiner, Hansel M ^a   Lewis, Amanda ^a   Mangano, Francesco T ^a   Gonsalves, Cornelia ^a   Holland, Katherine D ^a   Glauser, Tracy A ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Absence seizures; Childhood absence epilepsy; Juvenile absence epilepsy; Medically refractory epilepsy; Vagus nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

CLONAZEPAM; ETHOSUXIMIDE; ETIRACETAM; FELBAMATE; GABAPENTIN; LAMOTRIGINE; LORAZEPAM; OXCARBAZEPINE; PHENYTOIN; RUFINAMIDE; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID; ZONISAMIDE;

ABSENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD ABSENCE EPILEPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE AGAINST EPILEPSY SCALE; JUVENILE ABSENCE EPILEPSY; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; ONSET AGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; EPILEPSY, ABSENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876051923     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: 15322688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2013.01.008     Document Type: Article

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