Bilateral thalamic stimulation for the treatment of essential tremor

Neurology

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1447-1450

  Pahwa, R ^a   Lyons, K L ^a   Wilkinson, S B ^a   Carpenter, M A ^b   Troster A I ^a   Searl, J P ^b   Overman, J ^a   Pickering, S ^a   Koller, W C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Essential tremor; Stimulation; Thalamic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE GENERATOR; RATING SCALE; THALAMOTOMY; THALAMUS;

EID: 0032718517     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.53.7.1447     Document Type: Article

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