GPi-pallidal stimulation to treat generalized dystonia in Cockayne syndrome

Movement Disorders

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 656-658

  Hamasaki, Kiyotoshi ^a   Yamada, Kazumichi ^a   Hamasaki, Tadashi ^a   Kuratsu, Jun Ichi ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN; CLONAZEPAM; HALOPERIDOL; TRIHEXYPHENIDYL;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CASE REPORT; CATARACT; CEREBELLUM ATROPHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COCKAYNE SYNDROME; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; GENERALIZED DYSTONIA; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DEGENERATION;

ADULT; COCKAYNE SYNDROME; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; DYSTONIC DISORDERS; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HUMANS; MALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 77951213313     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.22992     Document Type: Letter

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