Deep brain stimulation for Holmes' tremor related to a thalamic abscess

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1057-1062

  Peker, Selcuk ^a,b   Isik, Ugur ^a   Akgun, Yasemin ^a   Ozek, Memet ^a  

^a ACIBADEM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Acibadem Kozyatagi Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Deep brain stimulation; Holmes' tremor; Midbrain tremor; Thalamus; Ventral intermediate nucleus

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CLONAZEPAM; LEVODOPA; TRIHEXYPHENIDYL;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; DYSTONIA; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEMIPARESIS; HOLMES TREMOR; HUMAN; HYPERFLEXIC DEEP TENDON REFLEX; IMPLANTATION; LEFT HEMISPHERE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCHOOL CHILD; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; TENDON REFLEX; THALAMUS; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TREMOR;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTICONVULSANTS; BRAIN ABSCESS; CHILD; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; FEMALE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; THALAMUS; TREMOR;

EID: 49349110957     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-008-0644-2     Document Type: Article

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