An alternative therapy for drug-resistant epilepsy: Transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 300-304

  Rong, Pei Jing ^a   Liu, Ai Hua ^b   Zhang, Jian Guo ^c   Wang, Yu Ping ^b   Yang, An Chao ^c   Li, Liang ^a   Ben, Hui ^a   Li, Li Ping ^b   Liu, Ru Peng ^a   He, Wei ^a   Liu, Huan Guang ^c   Huang, Feng ^a   Li, Xia ^a   Wu, Peng ^a   Zhu, Bing ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHINESE MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

^b CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PILOT STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892606188     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0366-6999.20131511     Document Type: Article

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