Deep brain stimulation of the ventral intermediate thalamic nucleus for severe tremor in anti-MAG neuropathy

Movement Disorders

Volumn 24, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 2157-2158

  Bayreuther, Caroline ^a   Delmont, Emilien ^b   Borg, Michel ^a   Fontaine, Denys ^a  

^a PASTEUR HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Centre de Référence des Maladies Neuromusculaires et SLA   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPRAZOLAM; CLONAZEPAM; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; GABAPENTIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; LEVODOPA; MYELIN ASSOCIATED GLYCOPROTEIN ANTIBODY; PREGABALIN; PRIMIDONE; PROPRANOLOL; RITUXIMAB; TOPIRAMATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CASE REPORT; DEMYELINATION; DRUG RESPONSE; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; NERVE BIOPSY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PARESTHESIA; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; POLYNEUROPATHY; POLYNEUROPATHY ASSOCIATED WITH MYELIN ASSOCIATED GLYCOPROTEIN ANTIBODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; TREMOR;

DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; HEREDITARY SENSORY AND MOTOR NEUROPATHY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYELIN-ASSOCIATED GLYCOPROTEIN; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PARESTHESIA; TREMOR; VENTRAL THALAMIC NUCLEI;

EID: 70450161126     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.22604     Document Type: Letter

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