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Vagus Nerve Stimulation

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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.      Other names Vagus Nerve Stimulations; Vagal Nerve Stimulations; Stimulations, Vagus Nerve; Stimulations, Vagal Nerve; Stimulation, Vagus Nerve; Stimulation, Vagal Nerve; Nerve Stimulations, Vagus; Nerve Stimulations, Vagal; Nerve Stimulation, Vagus; Nerve Stimulation, Vagal; Vagal Nerve Stimulation

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