Stereotactic neurosurgery for disabling tremor in multiple sclerosis: Thalamotomy or deep brain stimulation?

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 349-354

  Yap, L ^a   Kouyialis, A ^a   Varma, T R K ^a  

^a WALTON CENTRE FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deep brain stimulation; Multiple sclerosi; Thalamotomy; Tremors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; ASTHENIA; ATAXIA; BALANCE DISORDER; BLADDER DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CRANIAL NEUROPATHY; DEATH; DEPRESSION; DYSARTHRIA; DYSPHAGIA; ENCEPHALITIS; ENTEROPATHY; FATIGUE; HEMATOMA; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDLINE; MENINGITIS; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARALYSIS; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THALAMOTOMY; TREMOR; WOUND INFECTION;

DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; THALAMUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREMOR;

EID: 34547665105     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: 1360046X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02688690701544002     Document Type: Article

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