MR-guided focused ultrasound thalamotomy for essential tremor: A proof-of-concept study

The Lancet Neurology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 462-468

  Lipsman, Nir ^a   Schwartz, Michael L ^a   Huang, Yuexi ^b   Lee, Liesly ^c   Sankar, Tejas ^d   Chapman, Martin ^c   Hynynen, Kullervo ^b,e   Lozano, Andres M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre   (Canada)

^c SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; GUIDED IMAGERY; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARESTHESIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; THALAMOTOMY; THALAMUS; THERAPY RESISTANCE; ULTRASOUND SCANNER; WRITING;

AGED; CANADA; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; THALAMUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84876485354     PISSN: 14744422     EISSN: 14744465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1474-4422(13)70048-6     Document Type: Article

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