PROMISING FDA-APPROVED EPILEPSY TREATMENT NOW OFFERED AT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL

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Title PROMISING FDA-APPROVED EPILEPSY TREATMENT NOW OFFERED AT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
Subject Implants, Experimental; Vagus Nerve Stimulation; Epilepsy; Academic Medical Centers; Hospitals, University; Public Relations; Communications Media; Mass Media; Social Marketing; Information Dissemination; News; Press Release
Description A new device described as a "pacemaker for the brain" has been implanted in an epilepsy patient at the University of Utah Health Sciences Center. The implantable vagus nerve stimulator was recently approved by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration.
Publisher University of Utah Health Care Office of Public Affairs and Marketing
Date 1998-03-25
Language eng
Relation University of Utah Health Care Office of Public Affairs and Marketing Collection
Rights Management Copyright 2012
Holding Institution Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Scanning Technician sg
Relation is Part of Press Releases; University of Utah Health Sciences Center News
Type Text
ARK ark:/87278/s6zk8bf2
Setname ehsl_pahsc
ID 934257
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6zk8bf2
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