Electrophysiological target localization is not required for the treatment of functional disorders

Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery

Volumn 66, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1997, Pages 309-319

  Young, R F ^a   Vermeulen, S S ^a   Grimm, P ^a   Posewitz, A ^a  

^a NORTHWEST HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

chronic pain; essential tremor; functional neurosurgery; Gamma Knife; movement disorders; pallidotomy; Parkinson's disease; radiosurgery; thalamotomy; trigeminal neuralgia

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC PAIN; COMPLICATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GAMMA IRRADIATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARKINSON DISEASE; POSITION; RADIOSURGERY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA;

CHRONIC DISEASE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; PAIN; RADIOSURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THALAMUS; TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA;

EID: 12644310289     PISSN: 10116125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000099823     Document Type: Conference Paper

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