Stereotactic posterioventral pallidotomy improves balance control as assessed by computerized posturography

Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery

Volumn 72, Issue 2-4, 1999, Pages 233-240

  Mandybur, George ^a   King, W Michael ^a   Moore, Kenneth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Pallidotomy; Parkinson's disease; Posture

Indexed keywords

BODY POSTURE; BRADYKINESIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED SCINTIGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DYSKINESIA; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; PALLIDOTOMY; PARKINSON DISEASE; RIGIDITY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; THALAMOTOMY;

EID: 0342700208     PISSN: 10116125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000029731     Document Type: Conference Paper

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