Transient post-traumatic hemiballism: Report of a case

Journal of Neurosurgical Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 21-23

  Vakis, A ^a   Krasoudakis, A ^a   Koutendakis, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

Author keywords

Basal ganglia; Hemiballism; Subthalamic nucleus; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN CONTUSION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEMIBALLISM; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTTRAUMATIC COMPLICATION; REVIEW; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS;

ADULT; BASAL GANGLIA; BRAIN INJURIES; DYSKINESIAS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 33646582958     PISSN: 00264881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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