Bilateral subthalamic nucleus stimulation in advanced Parkinson’s disease: Five year follow-up
✍ Scribed by H. Gervais-Bernard; J. Xie-Brustolin; P. Mertens; G. Polo; H. Klinger; D. Adamec; E. Broussolle; S. Thobois
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 257 KB
- Volume
- 256
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0340-5354
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