Tremor control after pallidotomy in patients with Parkinson's disease: Correlation with microrecording findings

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 642-647

  Taha, Jamal M ^a,b   Favre, Jacques ^a   Baumann, Thomas K ^a   Burchiel, Kim J ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

microrecording; pallidotomy; Parkinson's disease; tremor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREMOR;

EID: 0030992409     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1997.86.4.0642     Document Type: Article

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