A prospective long-term study on the outcome after vagus nerve stimulation at maximally tolerated current intensity in a cohort of children with refractory secondary generalized epilepsy

Neuromodulation

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 551-556

  Cukiert, Arthur ^a   Cukiert, Cristine M ^a   Burattini, Jose A ^a   Lima, Alessandra M ^a   Forster, Cassio R ^a   Baise, Carla ^a   Argentoni Baldochi, Meire ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Children; generalized epilepsy; outcome; stimulation; VNS

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATONIC SEIZURE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

CHILDREN; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; OUTCOME; STIMULATION; VNS;

ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEIZURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 84892588434     PISSN: 10947159     EISSN: 15251403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1403.2012.00522.x     Document Type: Article

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