Stereotactic lesional surgery for the treatment of tremor in multiple sclerosis a prospective case-controlled study

Brain

Volumn 124, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1576-1589

  Alusi, S H ^a   Aziz, T Z ^a   Glickman, S ^b   Jahanshahi, M ^c   Stein, J F ^c   Bain, P G ^a,d  

^a CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRAL MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Frequency; Multiple sclerosis; Thalamotomy; Tremor

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; DYSPHAGIA; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HANDWRITING; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT REFERRAL; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE; SPEECH DISORDER; SPIROGRAPHY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; THALAMUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREMOR; ZONA INCERTA;

EID: 0034897530     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/124.8.1576     Document Type: Article

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