Long-term improvement of musician's dystonia after stereotactic ventro-oral thalamotomy

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 648-654

  Horisawa, Shiro ^a   Taira, Takaomi ^a   Goto, Shinichi ^a   Ochiai, Taku ^b   Nakajima, Takeshi ^c  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Ochiai Brain Clinic   (Japan)

^c JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MUSICIAN; MUSICIAN'S DYSTONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; THALAMOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRO ORAL THALAMOTOMY;

EID: 84890794542     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: 15318249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.23877     Document Type: Article

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