Posteroventral pallidotomy for midbrain tremor after a pontine hemorrhage: Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 885-888

  Miyagi, Yasushi ^a   Shima, Fumio ^b   Ishido, Katsuya ^b   Moriguchi, Masashi ^b   Kamikaseda, Kazufumi ^b  

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

^b NONE

Author keywords

Midbrain tremor; Pallidoreticular pathway; Pontine hemorrhage; Posteroventral pallidotomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HUMAN; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; PALLIDOTOMY; PARKINSON DISEASE; PONS ANGLE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMOTOMY; THALAMUS; TREMOR;

EID: 0033393774     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1999.91.5.0885     Document Type: Article

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