Long-term efficacy and safety of thalamic stimulation for drug-resistant partial epilepsy

Neurology

Volumn 84, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1017-1025

  Salanova, Vicenta ^a   Witt, Thomas ^a   Worth, Robert ^a   Henry, Thomas R ^b   Gross, Robert E ^c   Nazzaro, Jules M ^d   Labar, Douglas ^e   Sperling, Michael R ^f   Sharan, Ashwini ^f   Sandok, Evan ^g   Handforth, Adrian ^h   Stern, John M ⁱ   Chung, Steve ^j   Henderson, Jaimie M ^k   French, Jacqueline ^l   Baltuch, Gordon ^m   Rosenfeld, William E ⁿ   Garcia, Paul ^o   Barbaro, Nicholas M ^a   Fountain, Nathan B ^p   Elias, W Jeffrey ^p   Goodman, Robert R ^q   Pollard, John R ^m   Tröster, Alexander I ^j   Irwin, Christopher P ^r   Lambrecht, Kristin ^r   Graves, Nina ^r   Fisher, Robert ^k   more..

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^e Weill Cornell   (United States)

^f THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g MARSHFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

^h VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^j BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^k STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

ⁿ St Lukes Hospital   (United States)

^o UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^p UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^q Mount Sinai University   (United States)

^r MEDTRONIC INC   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLONAZEPAM; ETIRACETAM; HARKOSERIDE; LAMOTRIGINE; PREGABALIN;

ADULT; ADVERSE DEVICE EFFECT; AGED; APPLICATION SITE INFECTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEPRESSION; DIZZINESS; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMPLANT; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; PAIN; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SAFETY; SEIZURE; SKIN DISCOMFORT; STIMULATION; SUICIDE; TEMPORAL LOBE; THALAMUS ANTERIOR NUCLEUS; ADOLESCENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURGERY; TIME FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR THALAMIC NUCLEI; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84924386542     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000001334     Document Type: Article

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