## Abstract We report the failure of bilateral globus pallidus internus deep brain stimulation to improve chorea in a patient with choreaβacanthocytosis. Prior to this surgery the patient had experienced a striking but short lived amelioration of symptoms with clozapine therapy.
Deep brain stimulation in chorea acanthocytosis
β Scribed by Pedro J. Garcia Ruiz; Joaquin Ayerbe; Benedikt Bader; Adrian Danek; Maria Jose Sainz; Iria Cabo; Fernando Alonso Frech
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 275 KB
- Volume
- 24
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0885-3185
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