Efficacy of vagal nerve stimulation in children with medically refractory epilepsy.

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Published in Neurosurgery on December 01, 2000

Authors

R V Patwardhan1, B Stong, E M Bebin, J Mathisen, P A Grabb

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Neurosurgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA.

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