Chronic thalamic stimulation for the tremor of multiple sclerosis

Neurology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 625-628

  Montgomery Jr , Erwin B ^a   Baker, Kenneth B ^a   Kinkel, R Philip ^a   Barnett, Gene ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN HEMATOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MICROELECTRODE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMOTOMY; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS; TREMOR;

EID: 0344131402     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.53.3.625     Document Type: Article

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