Neurostimulation for the treatment of epilepsy: The skeptical view

Neurology

Volumn 83, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 847-849

  So, Norman K ^a   Cole, Andrew J ^b   Tandon, Nitin ^c   Slater, Jeremy D ^c   Smith, Michael C ^d  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d RUSH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR THALAMUS STIMULATION DEVICE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; DEPRESSION; DEVICE APPROVAL; DEVICE INFECTION; DEVICE REMOVAL; DEVICE SAFETY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; EUROPE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MEDICAL DEVICE COMPLICATION; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGICAL THERAPEUTIC DEVICE; NOTE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOGENIC NONEPILEPTIC SEIZURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RESPIRATORY COMPLICATION; RESPONSIVE NEURAL STIMULATION DEVICE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; UNITED STATES; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION DEVICE; WOUND INFECTION; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY;

ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; EPILEPSY; HUMANS;

EID: 84903443346     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000000740     Document Type: Note

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