Pallidotomy improves quality of life in selected Parkinsonian patients: An Italian report

Functional Neurology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 105-115

  Iacopino, Domenico G ^a,c   Lucerna, Sebastiano ^a   Giller, Cole A ^b   Salpietro, Francesco M ^a   Lo Presti, Riccardo ^a   Sessa, Edoardo ^a   Di Bella, Paolo ^a   Bramanti, Placido ^a   Tomasello, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Pallidotomy; Parkinson's disease; Stereotaxy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PALLIDOTOMY; PARKINSONISM; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HUMANS; ITALY; LEVODOPA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGERY; PARKINSON DISEASE, SECONDARY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0031838033     PISSN: 03935264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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