Gamma knife radiosurgery as a lesioning technique in movement disorder surgery

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 183-193

  Young, Ronald F ^a   Shumway Cook, Anne ^a   Vermeulen, Sandra S ^a   Grimm, Peter ^a   Blasko, John ^a   Posewitz, Allen ^a   Burkhart, William A ^a   Goiney, Robert C ^a  

^a NORTHWEST HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Gamma knife; Pallidotomy; Parkinson's disease; Radiosurgery; Thalamotomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRADYKINESIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOSURGERY; STEREOTAXIC RADIOSURGERY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SURGICAL RISK; THALAMOTOMY; THALAMUS;

EID: 0031844284     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1998.89.2.0183     Document Type: Article

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