Outcome of Gamma Knife Thalamotomy in Patients with an Intractable Tremor |
Cho, Kyung Rae
(Department of Neurosurgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine)
Kim, Hong Rye (Department of Neurosurgery, Konyang University Hospital, College of Medicine, Konyang University) Im, Yong Seok (Department of Neurosurgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine) Youn, Jinyoung (Department of Neurology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine) Cho, Jin Whan (Department of Neurology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine) Lee, Jung-Il (Department of Neurosurgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine) |
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