Influence of age, gender and severity of tremor on outcome after thalamic and subthalamic DBS for essential tremor

Parkinsonism and Related Disorders

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 617-620

  Blomstedt, Patric ^a   Sandvik, Ulrika ^a   Hariz, Marwan I ^a,b   Fytagoridis, Anders ^a,c   Forsgren, Lars ^a   Hariz, Gun Marie ^a   Koskinen, Lars Owe D ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Age; DBS; Essential tremor; Gender; Posterior subthalamic area; Vim; Zonaincerta

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; HAND FUNCTION; HAND TREMOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBTHALAMUS; THALAMUS;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SUBTHALAMUS; THALAMUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80052374160     PISSN: 13538020     EISSN: 18735126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2011.05.014     Document Type: Article

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