Evaluation of memory and language function pre- and postthalamotomy with an attempt to define those patients at risk for postoperative dysfunction

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1988, Pages 11-16

  Rossitch Jr , Eugene ^a   Zeidman, Seth M ^a   Nashold Jr , Blaine S ^a   Horner, Jennifer ^a   Walker, Jeffrey ^a   Osborne, Dennis ^a   Bullard, Dennis E ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Language; Memory; Speech; Stereoraxic surgery; Thalamotomy

Indexed keywords

BRAIN INJURY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MEMORY; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SURGERY; THALAMOTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDERS; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SPEECH; SPEECH DISORDERS; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; THALAMUS;

EID: 0023911379     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0090-3019(88)90116-4     Document Type: Article

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