Effectiveness of selective dorsal rhizotomy in 2 patients with progressive spasticity due to neurodegenerative disease

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 818-822

  Grunt, Sebastian ^a   van der Knaap, Marjo S ^b   van Ouwerkerk, Willem J R ^b   Strijers, Rob L M ^a   Becher, Jules G ^a   Vermeulen, R Jeroen ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Neurodegenerative disease; Selective dorsal rhizotomy; Spasticity

Indexed keywords

BACLOFEN; BOTULINUM TOXIN A; CLOBAZAM; DANTROLENE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; BABINSKI REFLEX; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN STEM; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; CASE REPORT; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CEREBELLUM; CEREBELLUM ATROPHY; CHILD; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRACTURE; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DORSAL RHIZOTOMY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; DYSARTHRIA; DYSMETRIA; DYSPHAGIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYNDROME; FOLLOW UP; HAMSTRING; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; HYPERREFLEXIA; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; LEG; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE HYPERTONIA; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RECTUS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SLOW BRAIN WAVE; SPASTICITY; TENDON REFLEX; THALAMUS; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; TRICEPS SURAE MUSCLE; WEAKNESS; WHEELCHAIR; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ATROPHY; BASAL GANGLIA; CEREBELLUM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; LEG; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; RHIZOTOMY; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 47349092560     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073808316372     Document Type: Article

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