Primary Dystonia is More Responsive than Secondary Dystonia to Pallidal Interventions: Outcome after Pallidotomy or Pallidal Deep Brain Stimulation

Neurosurgery

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 613-621

  Eltahawy, Hazem A ^a,b   Saint Cyr, Jean ^a   Giladi, Nir ^c   Lang, Anthony E ^a   Lozano, Andres M ^a,d   Kelly, Patrick J ^e   Starr, Philip A ^e   Cooper, Scott ^e   Rezai, Ali R ^e   Bakay, Roy A E ^e  

^a TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b Ain Shams University Hospital   (Egypt)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d Department of Surgery   (Canada)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Deep brain stimulation; Globus pallidus internus; Outcome; Pallidotomy; Primary dystonia; Secondary dystonia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BURKE FAHN MARSDEN DYSTONIA RATING SCALE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DYSTONIA; GLOBAL OUTCOME SCALE SCORE; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PALLIDOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; TARDIVE DYSKINESIA; TORONTO WESTERN SPASMODIC TORTICOLLIS RATING SCALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 10744233564     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000108643.94730.21     Document Type: Article

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