Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation of the motor cortex for hemichorea [3]

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 77, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1095-1097

  Di Lazzaro, Vincenzo ^a   Dileone, M ^a   Pilato, F ^a   Contarino, M F ^a   Musumeci, G ^a   Bentivoglio, A R ^a   Tonali, P A ^b   Rothwell, J C ^c  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE DON CARLO GNOCCHI   (Italy)

^c NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ETIRACETAM; TETRABENAZINE;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; BLINDNESS; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; CHOREA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DYSKINESIA; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HEMIBALLISM; HUMAN; HYPERKINESIA; INFORMED CONSENT; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MEDICAL ETHICS; MOTOR CORTEX; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER PAIN; STROKE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGED; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHOREA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MOTOR CORTEX; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33747412912     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2005.082875     Document Type: Letter

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