Leksell's unpublished pallidotomies of 1958-1962

Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-10

  Laitinen, Lauri V ^a,b  

^a Sophiahemmet Hospital   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Lesioning; Pallidotomy; Parkinson's disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PALLIDOTOMY; PARKINSON DISEASE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CEREBRAL VENTRICULOGRAPHY; ELECTROSURGERY; FEMALE; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PARKINSON DISEASE; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; SWEDEN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034532394     PISSN: 10116125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000056457     Document Type: Article

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