Minimal tissue damage after stimulation of the motor thalamus in a case of chorea-acanthocytosis

Neurology

Volumn 59, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1982-1984

  Burbaud, Pierre ^a   Vital, A ^a   Rougier, A ^a   Bouillot, S ^a   Guehl, D ^a   Cuny, E ^a   Ferrer, X ^a   Lagueny, A ^a   Bioulac, B ^a  

^a HÔPITAL PELLEGRIN   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACANTHOCYTOSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CASE REPORT; CHOREA; ELECTRODE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE SPASM; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMUS; TISSUE INJURY;

EID: 0037168797     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000038389.30437.1E     Document Type: Article

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