Changes in cognition and health-related quality of life with unilateral thalamotomy for Parkinsonian tremor

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 44-50

  Nijhawan, Sunita R ^a   Banks, Sarah J L ^a   Aziz, Tipu Z ^a   Panourias, Ioannis ^b   Gregory, Ralph ^a   Yianni, John ^a   Parkin, Simon ^a   Joint, Carole ^b   Scott, Richard B ^a  

^a RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF LARISSA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cognition; Health related quality of life; Parkinson's disease; Thalamotomy; Tremor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; DYSARTHRIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMIPARESIS; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHONETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF EVALUATION; SHORT FORM 36; SPEECH; SPEECH ARTICULATION; STIGMA; THALAMOTOMY; THINKING; TREMOR; VERBAL MEMORY; VISUAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PARKINSON DISEASE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THALAMUS; TREMOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 56949099306     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2008.03.008     Document Type: Article

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