Microelectrode-guided thalamotomy for Parkinson's disease

Neurosurgery

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 390-398

  Linhares, Marcelo N ^a   Tasker, Ronald R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Microelectrodes; Parkinson's disease; Stereotaxy; Surgery; Thalamotomy; Thalamus; Tremor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; AGED; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSARTHRIA; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAIT DISORDER; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; MALE; MICROELECTRODE; PARESTHESIA; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THALAMOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREMOR;

EID: 0033953769     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-200002000-00024     Document Type: Article

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