Crossroads: Two points of view

Neurology

Volumn 83, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 845-847

  Benbadis, Selim ^a   Helmers, Sandra ^b   Hirsch, Lawrence ^c   Sirven, Joseph ^d   Vale, Fernando L ^a   Wheless, James ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMORBIDITY; EPILEPSY; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; NERVE STIMULATION; NERVE STIMULATOR; NEUROSURGERY; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; NOTE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SEIZURE; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY;

ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; EPILEPSY; HUMANS;

EID: 84903467539     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000000739     Document Type: Note

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