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Deep brain stimulation in Tourette's syndrome: Two targets?

✍ Scribed by Linda Ackermans; Yasin Temel; Danielle Cath; Chris van der Linden; Richard Bruggeman; Mariska Kleijer; Pieter Nederveen; Koen Schruers; Henry Colle; Marina A.J. Tijssen; Veerle Visser-Vandewalle

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2006
Tongue
English
Weight
90 KB
Volume
21
Category
Article
ISSN
0885-3185

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✦ Synopsis

In this report, we describe the effects of bilateral thalamic stimulation in one patient and of bilateral pallidal stimulation in another patient. Both patients suffered from

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