Posttraumatic tremor and Arnold Chiari malformation: No sign of compression, but cure after surgical decompression

Movement Disorders

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 581-583

  Vanhatalo, Sampsa ^a,b   Paetau, Ritva ^b   Mustonen, Kirsi ^c   Hernesniemi, Juha ^b   Riikonen, Raili ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c NORTH KARELIA CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBIDOPA PLUS LEVODOPA; CLONAZEPAM; DEXAMETHASONE; DIAZEPAM; DOPAMINE; GABAPENTIN; PHENYTOIN; PROPRANOLOL; TRIHEXYPHENIDYL;

ADOLESCENT; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; BRAIN HERNIA; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NEURORADIOLOGY; NOTE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; TREMOR;

ADOLESCENT; ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; HEAD INJURIES, CLOSED; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; TREMOR;

EID: 0034034045     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1531-8257(200005)15:3<581::AID-MDS1025>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Note

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