Thalamic Vo-complex vs pallidal deep brain stimulation for focal hand dystonia

Neurology

Volumn 70, Issue 16 PART 2, 2008, Pages 1500-1501

  Goto, S ^a   Shimazu, H ^a   Matsuzaki, K ^a   Tamura, T ^a   Murase, N ^a   Nagahiro, S ^a   Kaji, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CASE REPORT; DYSTONIA; FOCAL HAND DYSTONIA; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE GENERATOR; THALAMUS;

EID: 42049088272     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000310430.00743.11     Document Type: Article

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