Neurostimulation of the ventral intermediate thalamic nucleus in inherited myoclonus-dystonia syndrome

Movement Disorders

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 769-771

  Trottenberg, Thomas ^a   Meissner, Wassilios ^a   Arnold, Guy ^a   Einhaupl, Karl Max ^a   Kupsch, Andreas ^a   Kabus, Christian ^b   Funk, Thomas ^c  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Jewish Hospital Berlin   (Germany)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; DYSTONIA; ELECTRODE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MYOCLONUS; MYOGRAPHY; NERVE STIMULATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BRAIN MAPPING; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; DYSTONIC DISORDERS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCLONUS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; VENTRAL THALAMIC NUCLEI;

EID: 0035412886     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.1119     Document Type: Article

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