Placement of deep brain stimulators into the subthalamic nucleus

Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery

Volumn 72, Issue 2-4, 1999, Pages 145-149

  Yoon, Michael S ^a,b   Munz, Michael ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Deep brain stimulation; Parkinson's disease; Stereotaxy; Subthalamic nucleus; Tremor

Indexed keywords

LEVODOPA;

BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; METAL IMPLANTATION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARKINSON DISEASE; STEREOTAXIS; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 0342700213     PISSN: 10116125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000029717     Document Type: Conference Paper

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