Bilateral thalamic deep brain stimulation for the treatment of head tremor: Report of two cases

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 615-618

  Berk, Caglar ^a   Honey, Cristopher R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Deep brain stimulation; Stereotactic neurosurgery; Thalamic stimulation; Thalamus; Tremor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CASE REPORT; DISABILITY; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEAD; HUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; THALAMUS; TREMOR;

EID: 0036123447     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2002.96.3.0615     Document Type: Article

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