Unilateral Holmes tremor, clearly responsive to cerebrospinal fluid release, in a patient with an ischemic midbrain lesion and associated chronic hydrocephalic ventricle enlargement: Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 448-451

  Hertel, Frank ^a   Züchner, Mark ^b   Decker, Christian ^b   Erken, Edward ^b   Libri, Stefani ^b   Schmitt, Marion ^b   Bettag, Martin ^b  

^a Klinik für Neurochirurgie   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Deep brain stimulation; Holmes tremor; Hydrocephalus; Ventriculoperitoneal shunt

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNICATING HYDROCEPHALUS; DISABILITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOLLOW UP; HOLMES TREMOR; HUMAN; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NEUROIMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REST; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THALAMUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREMOR;

BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREMOR; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 33644648622     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2006.104.3.448     Document Type: Article

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