Improved capsulotomy for refractory Tourette's syndrome

Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery

Volumn 83, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 55-56

  Sun, Bomin ^a   Krahl, Scott E ^b   Zhan, Shikun ^a   Shen, Jiankang ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Capsulotomy; Obsessive compulsive disorder; Tourette's Syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAPSULA INTERNA; CAPSULOTOMY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; GILLES DE LA TOURETTE SYNDROME; HUMAN; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROANATOMY; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEMPERATURE; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUPUNCTURE; CHINA; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LENS CAPSULE, CRYSTALLINE; PSYCHOSURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOURETTE SYNDROME;

EID: 24644489598     PISSN: 10116125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000086673     Document Type: Conference Paper

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