Seminars in Pediatric Neurology
Volume 17, Issue 1 , Pages 54-57 , March 2010

Dramatic First Words Spoken in 2 Children After Vagus Nerve Stimulation

  • Marie F. Grill, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Barrow Neurological Institute, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ
    • ,
  • Yu-tze Ng, MD, FRACP

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pediatric Neurology, Barrow Neurological Institute, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Yu-tze Ng, Division of Pediatric Neurology, Barrow Neurological Institute, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, 500 West Thomas Road 400, Phoenix, AZ 85013

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 Dr Ng is on the Medical Advisory Board for Lundbeck Pharmaceuticals and the speakers' bureau for UCB Pharma and Cyberonics Inc.

PII: S1071-9091(10)00016-1

doi: 10.1016/j.spen.2010.02.009

Seminars in Pediatric Neurology
Volume 17, Issue 1 , Pages 54-57 , March 2010

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