Resting tremor secondary to a pineal cyst: Case report and review of the literature

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 234-238

  Morgan, Jonathan T ^a   Scumpia, Alexander J ^b   Webster, Toni M ^b   Mittler, Mark A ^a   Edelman, Morris ^a   Schneider, Steven J ^a  

^a SCHNEIDER CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Pineal cyst; Resting tremor; Secondary parkinsonism; Surgical treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRADYCARDIA; CASE REPORT; CRANIOTOMY; DIARRHEA; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INATTENTION TREMOR; NAUSEA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARKINSONISM; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PINEAL BODY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREMOR; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; CYSTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PINEAL GLAND; TREMOR;

EID: 42349103137     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000121382     Document Type: Article

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