Neurosurgical treatment of tremor in mitochondrial encephalopathy

Movement Disorders

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2227-2230

  Kovacs, Norbert ^a   Pal, Endre ^a   Balas, Istvan ^a   Janszky, Jozsef ^a   Nagy, Ferenc ^a   Merkli, Hajnalka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Deep brain stimulation; Mitochondrial encephalopathy; Thalamotomy; Tremor

Indexed keywords

ACENOCUMAROL; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALPRAZOLAM; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; CLONAZEPAM; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; LEVODOPA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PROPRANOLOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BICYCLE ERGOMETRY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HEMIPARESIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG EMBOLISM; MITOCHONDRIAL ENCEPHALOPATHY; MUSCLE BIOPSY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; THALAMOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREMOR;

ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; MITOCHONDRIAL ENCEPHALOMYOPATHIES; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; TREMOR;

EID: 33846413905     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.21128     Document Type: Article

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