Bilateral subthalamic nucleus stimulation in advanced Parkinson’s disease
✍ Scribed by Jing Gan; Jing Xie-Brustolin; Patrick Mertens; Gustavo Polo; Hélène Klinger; Hélène Mollion; Isabelle Benatru; Emmanuel Henry; Emmanuel Broussolle; Stéphane Thobois
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 238 KB
- Volume
- 254
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0340-5354
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