Vagus nerve stimulation for epilepsy: Randomized comparison of three stimulation paradigms

Neurology

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 317-319

  DeGiorgio, Christopher ^a   Heck, C ^b   Bunch, S ^a   Britton, J ^c   Green, P ^d   Lancman, M ^e   Murphy, J ^f   Olejniczak, P ^g   Shih, J ^h   Arrambide, S ⁱ   Soss, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^d BORGESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e Northeast Regional Epilepsy Group   (United States)

^f CHILDREN S MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ SYNERGOS Biomedical Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEVICE; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; ON OFF PHENOMENON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARD; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 85026136988     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000168899.11598.00     Document Type: Article

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