Gamma thalamotomy for parkinsonian and other kinds of tremor

Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery

Volumn 66, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1997, Pages 333-342

  Ohye, C ^a   Shibazaki, T ^a   Hirato, M ^a   Inoue, H ^a   Andou, Y ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

essential tremor; Gamma Knife; Parkinson's disease; radiosurgery; thalamotomy; tremor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; GAMMA IRRADIATION; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARKINSON DISEASE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOSURGERY; THALAMOTOMY; TREMOR;

ADULT; AGED; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; RADIOSURGERY; THALAMUS; TREMOR;

EID: 12644300613     PISSN: 10116125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000099733     Document Type: Conference Paper

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