Dystonia associated with pontomesencephalic lesions

Movement Disorders

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 157-167

  Loher, Thomas J ^a,c   Krauss, Joachim K ^b  

^a Private Practice   (Switzerland)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^c NONE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Brainstem; Dystonia; Hemorrhage; Trauma; Tremor

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYTRYPTOPHAN; BOTULINUM TOXIN; CORTICOSTEROID; MANNITOL; PROPRANOLOL; TRIHEXYPHENIDYL; TRYPTOPHAN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AXONAL INJURY; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN STEM INJURY; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL PEDUNCLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; DYSTONIA; HEAD INJURY; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS LESION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; TEGMENTUM; THALAMOTOMY; TORTICOLLIS; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TREMOR; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

ADULT; BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; BRAIN STEM HEMORRHAGE, TRAUMATIC; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIAL NERVE DISEASES; DIFFUSE AXONAL INJURY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DYSTONIC DISORDERS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEAD INJURIES, CLOSED; HEMATOMA, SUBDURAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MIDDLE AGED; PONS; RED NUCLEUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TEGMENTUM MESENCEPHALI; THALAMUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREMOR;

EID: 61649114269     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.22196     Document Type: Article

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