Gamma Knife Thalamotomy for Disabling Tremor
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Gamma knife thalamotomy for disabling tremor: a blinded evaluation.
BACKGROUND Gamma knife thalamotomy (GKT) has been used as a therapeutic option for patients with disabling tremor refractory to medications. Impressive improvement of tremor has been reported in the neurosurgical literature, but the reliability of such data has been questioned. OBJECTIVE To prospectively evaluate clinical outcomes after GKT for disabling tremor with blinded assessments. DES...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Neurology
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0003-9942
DOI: 10.1001/archneurol.2010.69