Gamma Knife thalamotomy for essential tremor

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 111-117

  Kondziolka, Douglas ^a,b   Ong, Joseph G ^a   Lee, John Y K ^a   Moore, Robert Y ^a   Flickinger, John C ^a   Lunsford, L Dade ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PRESBYTERIAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Essential tremor; Gamma knife; Radiosurgery; Thalamotomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPHAGIA; ELDERLY CARE; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SPEECH DISORDER; THALAMOTOMY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RADIOSURGERY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THALAMUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38149044018     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/JNS/2008/108/01/0111     Document Type: Article

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