Long-term efficacy of thalamic deep brain stimulation for tremor: Double-blind assessments

Movement Disorders

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 163-170

  Rehncrona, Stig ^a   Johnels, Bo ^b   Widner, Håkan ^a   Törnqvist, Anna Lena ^a   Hariz, Marwan ^c   Sydow, Olof ^d  

^a Lund Technical University   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Deep brain stimulation; Double blind assessments; Essential tremor; Long term results; Parkinson's disease; Thalamus Vim

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTRODE; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAND FUNCTION; HUMAN; MALE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THALAMUS; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREMOR;

AGED; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PARKINSON DISEASE; THALAMUS; TIME;

EID: 0345471069     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.10309     Document Type: Review

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