Vagal nerve stimulation in children under 12 years old with medically intractable epilepsy

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2095-2099

  Healy, S ^a   Lang, J ^a   Te Water Naude, J ^a   Gibbon, F ^a   Leach, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anti epileptic medication; Epilepsy; Seizures; Stimulation; Vagal nerve

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; TELECONSULTATION; THERAPY EFFECT; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVICE REMOVAL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 84888198677     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: 14330350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-013-2143-3     Document Type: Article

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