Gamma knife thalamotomy for disabling tremor: A blinded evaluation

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 584-588

  Lim, Shen Yang ^a,b   Hodaie, Mojgan ^b   Fallis, Melanie ^b   Poon, Yu Yan ^b   Mazzella, Filomena ^b   Moro, Elena ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DYSARTHRIA; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FAHN TOLOSA MARIN TREMOR RATING SCALE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HANDWRITING; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; THALAMOTOMY; UNIFIED PARKINSON DISEASE RATING SCALE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN EDEMA; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PARESIS; PARKINSON DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOSURGERY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; THALAMUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77952184738     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneurol.2010.69     Document Type: Article

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