Should we consider vim thalamic deep brain stimulation for select cases of severe refractory dystonic tremor

Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 98-104

  Morishita, Takashi ^a   Foote, Kelly D ^a   Haq, Ihtsham U ^a   Zeilman, Pamela ^a   Jacobson, Charles E ^a   Okun, Michael S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Deep brain stimulation; Dystonic tremor; Ventral intermediate nucleus

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN; CLONAZEPAM; GABAPENTIN; NORTRIPTYLINE; PRIMIDONE; PROPRANOLOL; TRIHEXYPHENIDYL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CASE REPORT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIZZINESS; DYSARTHRIA; DYSTONIA; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HUMAN; LETHARGY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; TREMOR; DYSTONIC DISORDERS; FACTUAL DATABASE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS;

ADULT; AGED; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; DYSTONIC DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREMOR; VENTRAL THALAMIC NUCLEI;

EID: 77449097605     PISSN: 10116125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000289354     Document Type: Article

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