Stereotactic thalamotomy in tremor-dominant parkinson's disease: An H215O PET motor activation study

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 108-111

  Boecker, Henning ^a,c   Wills, Adrian J ^a,b   Ceballos Baumann, Andres ^a,c   Samuel, Michael ^a   Thomas, David G T ^b   Marsden, C David ^b   Brooks, David J ^a,b  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENSERAZIDE PLUS LEVODOPA; BROMOCRIPTINE MESILATE; CARBIDOPA PLUS LEVODOPA; IBUPROFEN; ORPHENADRINE; PERGOLIDE MESILATE; PROPRANOLOL; SELEGILINE; TEMAZEPAM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HAND FUNCTION; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; PARIETAL LOBE; PARKINSON DISEASE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; THALAMOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREMOR;

EID: 0031016499     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.410410118     Document Type: Article

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