Improvement of action tremor by chronic cortical stimulation

Movement Disorders

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 84-88

  Nguyen, J P ^a,b   Pollin, B ^c   Feve A ^a   Geny, C ^a,b   Cesaro, P ^a,b  

^a HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Action tremor; Cerebral cortex; Chronic stimulation; Pain

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FACE PAIN; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MOTOR CORTEX; NEUROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREMOR;

EID: 0031965173     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.870130118     Document Type: Article

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