Deep brain stimulation in 18 patients with severe Gilles de la Tourette syndrome refractory to treatment: The surgery and stimulation

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 136-142

  Servello, D ^a   Porta, M ^a   Sassi, M ^a   Brambilla, A ^a   Robertson, M M ^b  

^a IRCCS ISTITUTO ORTOPEDICO GALEAZZI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GILLES DE LA TOURETTE SYNDROME; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SYMPTOM; THALAMUS; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE CELL; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEURONAVIGATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETREATMENT; THALAMUS INTRALAMINAR NUCLEUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTRALAMINAR THALAMIC NUCLEI; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEURONAVIGATION; NEURONS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETREATMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TOURETTE SYNDROME; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38849140425     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2006.104067     Document Type: Article

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