Vagus nerve stimulation therapy: 5-year or greater outcome at a university-based epilepsy center

Seizure

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 587-590

  Spanaki, Marianna V ^a   Allen, Linda S ^a   Mueller, Wade M ^a   Morris III, George L ^b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b ST LUKE S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Outcome; Pharmacoresistant; Refractory; Vagus nerve stimulation; VNS

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 9244244796     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2004.01.009     Document Type: Article

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