The Effects of Pallidotomy on Parkinson's Disease: Study Design and Assessment Techniques

Acta Neurochirurgica, Supplement

Volumn 1997, Issue 68, 1997, Pages 24-28

  Gross, R E ^a   Lozano, A M ^a,d   Lang, A E ^b   Tasker, R R ^a   Hutchison, W D ^a   Dostrovsky, J O ^c  

^a Division of Neurosurgery   (Canada)

^b Division of Neurology   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^d TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Movement disorders; Pallidotomy; Parkinson's disease; Stereotaxy

Indexed keywords

ANTIPARKINSON AGENT; LEVODOPA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSKINESIA; FEMALE; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIPARKINSON AGENTS; BRAIN MAPPING; DYSKINESIA, DRUG-INDUCED; FEMALE; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HUMANS; LEVODOPA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PARKINSON DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 0030630073     PISSN: 00651419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7091-6513-3_5     Document Type: Article

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