Ballism Not Related to Vascular Disease: A Report of 16 Patients and Review of the Literature

Parkinsonism and Related Disorders

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 35-45

  Krauss, Joachim K ^a,d   Borremans, Jan J ^a   Nobbe, Fritz ^a,b   Mundinger, Fritz ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^c St Josefskrankenhaus   (Germany)

^d BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hemiballism; Stereotactic surgery; Subthalamic nucleus

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002573417     PISSN: 13538020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1353-8020(95)00018-6     Document Type: Article

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