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Canadian Experience with Vagus Nerve Stimulation for Epilepsy in Adults

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 December 2014

J F Tellez-Zenteno  and
R S McLachlan
J F Tellez-Zenteno
Affiliation:
University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
R S McLachlan
Affiliation:
University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
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Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 38 , Issue 6 , November 2011 , pp. 804 - 805
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