Bilateral subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation for dopa-responsive dystonia in a 6-year-old child: Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 650-653

  Tormenti, Matthew J ^a   Tomycz, Nestor D ^a   Coffman, Keith A ^b   Kondziolka, Douglas ^a,c   Tyler Kabara, Elizabeth C ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Deep brain stimulation; Functional neurosurgery; Pediatric parkinsonism; Tyrosine hydroxylase deficiency

Indexed keywords

CARBIDOPA PLUS LEVODOPA; SELEGILINE; TRIHEXYPHENIDYL; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOPA RESPONSIVE DYSTONIA; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DYSKINESIA; DYSTONIA; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; FOLLOW UP; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOTACTIC PROCEDURE; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TYROSINE HYDROXYLASE DEFICIENCY;

CHILD; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; DYSKINESIAS; DYSTONIC DISORDERS; HUMANS; MALE; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79958032413     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2011.3.PEDS10402     Document Type: Article

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