Ventral intermediate thalamic stimulation for monoclonal gammopathy-associated tremor: Case report

Neurosurgery

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Shields, Donald C ^a   Flaherty, Alice W ^a   Eskandar, Emad N ^a   Williams, Ziv M ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Action tremor; Deep brain stimulation; Microelectrode recording; Monoclonal gammopathy; Polyneuropathy; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PROPRANOLOL; RITUXIMAB;

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CASE REPORT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; DYSMETRIA; GAIT; HUMAN; MALE; MICROELECTRODE; MONOCLONAL IMMUNOGLOBULINEMIA; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NEUROPATHY; THALAMUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREMOR;

AGED; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PARAPROTEINEMIAS; TREMOR; VENTRAL THALAMIC NUCLEI;

EID: 79955046637     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/NEU.0b013e3182124633     Document Type: Article

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