title: [Therapy of ballistic hyperkinesia (case report)].
abstract: Discussing the example of two cases of patients suffering from mixed choreic-hemiballistic hemi-hyperkinesia, the authors report on successes they obtained in long-term therapy after surgical stereostactic treatment (high-frequency coagultation) in the thalamus or subthalamus. The discussion deals with indications of the etiology, the supposed pathophysiology and pathomorphology of the disease pictures in question.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001264:Athetosis / Q000601:surgery*; D002819:Chorea / Q000601:surgery*; D004564:Electrocoagulation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013788:Thalamus / Q000601:surgery
vernacular_title: Zur Therapie ballistischer Hyperkinesen (Falldarstellung).