Treatment of pseudobulbar laughter after gamma knife thalamotomy

Michael S. Okun; Kenneth M. Heilman; Jerrold L. Vitek

doi:10.1002/mds.10174

Treatment of pseudobulbar laughter after gamma knife thalamotomy

Michael S. Okun
, Kenneth M. Heilman
, Jerrold L. Vitek

Neurology

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Abstract

We describe a case of pathological laughter after gamma knife thalamotomy which resolved after treatment with sertraline. It is important to identify this potentially treatable complication of surgical therapy.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	622-624
Number of pages	3
Journal	Movement Disorders
Volume	17
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/mds.10174
State	Published - May 2002

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Treatment of pseudobulbar laughter after gamma knife thalamotomy

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