Vagus nerve stimulation in children less than 3 years with medically intractable epilepsy

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 112, Issue , 2015, Pages 37-42

  Fernandez, Luis ^a   Gedela, Satyanarayana ^a,b   Tamber, Mandeep ^b   Sogawa, Yoshimi ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Dravet syndrome; Status epilepticus; Vagus nerve stimulator; VNS

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEVICE INFECTION; DEVICE REMOVAL; DISEASE CONTROL; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMPLANTED VAGUS NERVE STIMULATOR; INFANT; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; KETOGENIC DIET; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THERAPY EFFECT; UNITED STATES; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; EPILEPSY; PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 84926382271     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: 18726844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2015.02.009     Document Type: Article

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