Unilateral pallidotomy for hemidystonia

Movement Disorders

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 852-855

  Alkhani, Ahmed ^a   Bohlega, Saeed ^a  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Dystonia; Globus pallidus internus; Hemidystonia; Movement disorders; Pallidotomy

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A;

ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DYSTONIA; FAMILY HISTORY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PALLIDOTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RATING SCALE; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ARM; BRAIN; DYSTONIA; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HUMANS; LEG; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33745861717     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.20838     Document Type: Article

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