Disappearance of self-mutilating behavior in a patient with Lesch-Nyhan syndrome after bilateral chronic stimulation of the globus pallidus internus: Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 414-416

  Taira, Takaomi ^a   Kobayashi, Tomonori ^a   Hori, Tomokatsu ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Deep brain stimulation; Lesch Nyhan syndrome; Self mutilation

Indexed keywords

HYPOXANTHINE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSTONIA; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMAN; HYPERURICEMIA; LESCH NYHAN SYNDROME; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPASTICITY; STIMULATION; X CHROMOSOME LINKED DISORDER;

EID: 0037304801     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2003.98.2.0414     Document Type: Article

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