Ventral intermediate thalamic stimulation in complex tremor syndromes

Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 167-172

  Diederich, N J ^a,b   Verhagen Metman, L ^b   Bakay, R A ^b   Alesch, F ^c  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Deep brain stimulation; Holmes tremor; Poststroke tremor thalamotomy; Thalamic tremor

Indexed keywords

AMANTADINE; BOTULINUM TOXIN; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM; DIAZEPAM; HALOPERIDOL; LEVODOPA; PRAMIPEXOLE; PRIMIDONE; PROPRANOLOL DERIVATIVE; TRIHEXYPHENIDYL;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN HEMANGIOMA; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLEX TREMOR SYNDROME; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SCORING SYSTEM; STROKE; THALAMOTOMY; THALAMUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREMOR;

ADULT; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SYNDROME; TREMOR; VENTRAL THALAMIC NUCLEI;

EID: 43649102236     PISSN: 10116125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000120429     Document Type: Article

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