Stereotactic Ventrooralis Thalamotomy for Task-Specific Focal Hand Dystonia (Writer's Cramp)

Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery

Volumn 80, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 88-91

  Taira, Takaomi ^a   Hori, Tomokatsu ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Focal dystonia; Nucleus ventrooralis; Thalamotomy; Writer's cramp

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSTONIA; FEMALE; FOCAL HAND DYSTONIA; FOLLOW UP; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE INJURY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RATING SCALE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SAMPLE SIZE; SCORING SYSTEM; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; THALAMOTOMY; WRITING;

ADULT; DYSTONIC DISORDERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; QUALITY OF LIFE; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRAL THALAMIC NUCLEI;

EID: 0842299563     PISSN: 10116125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000075165     Document Type: Conference Paper

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