Abolition of postapoplectic hemichorea by Vo-complex thalamotomy: Long-term follow-up study

Movement Disorders

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 771-774

  Goto, Satoshi ^a   Kunitoku, Naoko ^a   Hamasaki, Tadashi ^a   Nishikawa, Shigeyuki ^a   Ushio, Yukitaka ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHOREA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THALAMOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHOREA; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRAL THALAMIC NUCLEI;

EID: 0035412943     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.1135     Document Type: Article

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