Disappearance of resting tremor after thalamic stroke involving the territory of the tuberothalamic artery

Parkinsonism and Related Disorders

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 373-375

  Choi, Seong Min ^a   Lee, Seung Han ^a   Park, Man Seok ^a   Kim, Byeong Chae ^a   Kim, Myeong Kyu ^a   Cho, Ki Hyun ^a  

^a Chonnam National University Medical School   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cerebral infarction; Parkinson's disease; Resting tremor

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY; BRAIN REGION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; THALAMUS; THALAMUS LATERAL NUCLEUS; TREMOR;

AGED; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; PARKINSON DISEASE; STROKE; THALAMUS; TREMOR;

EID: 44249092277     PISSN: 13538020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2007.06.016     Document Type: Article

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