Is electrostimulation preferable to surgery for upper limb ataxia?

Current Opinion in Neurology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 445-450

  Nguyen, Jean Paul ^a   Fève, Annaick ^a   Keravel, Yves ^a  

^a HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARM; ATAXIA; CEREBELLUM; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EFFERENT NERVE; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MESENCEPHALON; SHORT SURVEY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THALAMOTOMY; TREMOR; VASCULAR LESION;

EID: 0030482512     PISSN: 13507540     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019052-199612000-00009     Document Type: Short Survey

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