Long-term vagus nerve stimulation in children with focal epilepsy

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 127, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 316-322

  Ryzi M ^a   Brazdil M ^b,c   Novak Z ^b,c   Chrastina, J ^b,c   Oslejskova H ^a   Rektor, I ^b,c   Kuba, R ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRNO   (Czech Republic)

^b ST ANNE S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Czech Republic)

^c MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Child neurology; Epilepsy; Quality of life; Seizures; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COUGHING; DYSPHAGIA; FAINTNESS; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARREST; HOARSENESS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; COUGH; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; EMERGENCIES; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; EPILEPSY, TONIC-CLONIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ARREST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 84878355325     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: 16000404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ane.12009     Document Type: Article

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