Multimodal neurosurgical strategies for the management of dystonias

Acta Neurochirurgica, Supplementum

Volumn , Issue 99, 2006, Pages 29-31

  Taira, T ^a   Ochiai, T ^a   Goto, S ^a   Hori, T ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

deep brain stimulation; Dystonia; peripheral denervation; thalamotomy; torticollis; writer's cramp

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DYSTONIA; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROSURGERY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

DYSTONIA; DYSTONIC DISORDERS; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 85052609881     PISSN: 00651419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-211-35205-2_5     Document Type: Short Survey

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