What happened to vim thalamotomy for parkinson’s disease?

Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery

Volumn 46, Issue 1-4, 1983, Pages 68-83

  Tasker, R R ^a   Siqueira, J ^a   Hawrylyshyn, P ^a   Organ, L W ^a  

^a TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Parkinson s disease; Stereotaxis; Thalamotomy

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARKINSON DISEASE; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; THALAMOTOMY; THERAPY;

ADULT; AGED; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGE; MOTOR SKILLS; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; PARKINSON DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; THALAMUS; TREMOR;

EID: 84940136583     PISSN: 10116125     EISSN: 14230372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000101245     Document Type: Article

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