title: VIM thalamic stimulation for tremor in a patient with IgM paraproteinaemic demyelinating neuropathy.
abstract: We demonstrate the effect of deep brain stimulation of the ventral intermediate thalamic nucleus on intractable action tremor, in a 72-year-old man suffering from neuropathy associated with monoclonal gammopathy.
authors.affiliation: Movement Disorders Centre, 1st Medical Faculty, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic. ruzicka@tremor.anet.cz
authors.forename: Evzen
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Růzicka
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jech
authors.forename: Katerina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Zárubová
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Roth
authors.forename: Dusan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Urgosík
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001931:Brain Mapping; D003711:Demyelinating Diseases / Q000276:immunology / Q000628:therapy*; D004599:Electric Stimulation Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D004576:Electromyography / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000276:immunology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D020644:Midline Thalamic Nuclei / Q000528:radiation effects*; D010265:Paraproteinemias / Q000150:complications / Q000276:immunology / Q000628:therapy*; D014202:Tremor / Q000150:complications / Q000276:immunology / Q000628:therapy*
chemical_list: D007075:Immunoglobulin M