Functional assessment and quality of life in essential tremor with bilateral or unilateral DBS and focused ultrasound thalamotomy

Movement Disorders

Volumn 30, Issue 14, 2015, Pages 1937-1943

  Huss, Diane S ^a   Dallapiazza, Robert F ^a   Shah, Binit B ^a   Harrison, Madaline B ^a   Diamond, Joshua ^a   Elias, W Jeff ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Deep brain stimulation; Essential tremor; Focused ultrasound; Quality of life; Thalamotomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; FOCUSED ULTRASOUND THALAMOTOMY; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HANDWRITING; HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; TASK PERFORMANCE; THALAMOTOMY; THERMOGRAPHY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; AGED; INTERVENTIONAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THALAMUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THALAMUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 84955192651     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.26455     Document Type: Article

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