A prospective single-blind study of Gamma Knife thalamotomy for tremor

Neurology

Volumn 85, Issue 18, 2015, Pages 1562-1568

  Witjas, Tatiana ^a,b   Carron, Romain ^a   Krack, Paul ^c   Eusebio, Alexandre ^a,b   Vaugoyeau, Marianne ^a   Hariz, Marwan ^d,e   Azulay, Jean Philippe ^a,b   Régis, Jean ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COLLIMATOR; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EDEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SAFETY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; THALAMOTOMY; TREMOR; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPLICATION; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOSURGERY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THALAMUS; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOSURGERY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; THALAMUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREMOR; VENTRAL THALAMIC NUCLEI;

EID: 84946234761     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000002087     Document Type: Article

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