Thalamic deep brain stimulation for disabling tremor after excision of a midbrain cavernous angioma: Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 888-890

  Samadani, Uzma ^a   Umemura, Atsushi ^a   Jaggi, Jurg L ^a   Colcher, Amy ^a   Zager, Eric L ^a   Baltuch, Gordon H ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cavernous angioma; Deep brain stimulation; Midbrain tremor; Ventralis intermedius nucleus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CASE REPORT; CAVERNOUS HEMANGIOMA; CHOREOATHETOSIS; DISABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSURGERY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; THALAMUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREMOR;

EID: 0037380217     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2003.98.4.0888     Document Type: Article

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