Treatment of tremor in Parkinson's disease by subthalamic nucleus stimulation

Movement Disorders

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 907-914

  Krack, P ^a,b   Benazzouz, Abdelhamid ^a   Pollak, Pierre ^a   Limousin, Patricia ^a   Piallat, Brigitte ^a   Hoffmann, Dominique ^a   Xie, Jing ^a   Benabid, Alim Louis ^a  

^a GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Parkinson's disease; Stereotaxy; Stimulation; Subthalamic nucleus; Tremor

Indexed keywords

LEVODOPA;

ADULT; AGED; AKINESIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; PARKINSON DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; TREMOR;

EID: 0031772679     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.870130608     Document Type: Article

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