Response of postapoplectic hemichorea/ballism to GPi pallidotomy: Progressive improvement resulting in complete relief

Movement Disorders

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1111-1114

  Yamada, Kazumichi ^a   Harada, Mikio ^b   Goto, Satoshi ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Kumamoto Neurosurgical Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ballism; Chorea; Pallidotomy

Indexed keywords

HALOPERIDOL; TIAPRIDE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; BRAIN HEMATOMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN VENTRICULOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CHOREA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMIPARESIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PALLIDOTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; DYSKINESIAS; FEMALE; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 4644235365     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.20143     Document Type: Article

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