Long-term safety and efficacy of unilateral deep brain stimulation of the thalamus in essential tremor

Movement Disorders

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 464-468

  Koller, William C ^a   Lyons, Kelly E ^a   Wilkinson, Steven B ^b   Troster, Alexander I ^c,d   Pahwa, Rajesh ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE REMOVAL; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE GENERATOR; RATING SCALE; SAFETY; SEIZURE; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THALAMUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; THALAMUS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035353760     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.1089     Document Type: Article

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