Unilateral thalamic deep brain stimulation for disabling kinetic tremor in multiple sclerosis

Neurosurgery

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 66-69

  Hosseini, Hassan ^a   Mandat, Tomasz ^b,c   Waubant, Emmanuelle ^d   Agid, Yves ^d   Lubetzki, Catherine ^d   Lyon Caen, Olivier ^d   Stankoff, Bruno ^d   Jedynak, Pierre ^d   Cesaro, Pierre ^a   Palfi, Stephane ^a   Nguyen, Jean Paul ^a  

^a HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Klinika Nowotworów Narza dów P ciowych Kobiecych   (Poland)

^c IPiN ^*  (Poland)

^d PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Deep brain stimulation; Multiple sclerosis; Thalamic; Tremor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEXTERITY; EXTENDED DISABILITY STATUS SCALE; FEMALE; HAND FUNCTION; HUMAN; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREMOR;

ADULT; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; THALAMUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREMOR;

EID: 84856080055     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/NEU.0b013e31822da55c     Document Type: Article

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