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... > Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services > Health Services > Patient Care > Continuity of Patient Care > Aftercare > Rehabilitation > Physical Therapy Modalities > Electric Stimulation Therapy > Vagus Nerve Stimulation
... > Therapeutics > Patient Care > Continuity of Patient Care > Aftercare > Rehabilitation > Physical Therapy Modalities > Electric Stimulation Therapy > Vagus Nerve Stimulation
... > Health Occupations > Health Services Administration > Patient Care Management > Comprehensive Health Care > Primary Health Care > Continuity of Patient Care > Aftercare > Rehabilitation > Physical Therapy Modalities > Electric Stimulation Therapy > Vagus Nerve Stimulation
... > Health Occupations > Medicine > Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine > Rehabilitation > Physical Therapy Modalities > Electric Stimulation Therapy > Vagus Nerve Stimulation

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Vagus Nerve Stimulation  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • An adjunctive treatment for PARTIAL EPILEPSY and refractory DEPRESSION that delivers electrical impulses to the brain via the VAGUS NERVE. A battery implanted under the skin supplies the energy.

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Vagal Nerve Stimulation

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-NG8QH6QV-3

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