## Abstract Tardive dystonia is a disabling movement disorder as a consequence of exposure to neuroleptic drugs. We followed 6 patients with medically refractory tardive dystonia treated by bilateral globus pallidus internus (GPi) deep brain stimulation (DBS) for 21 Β± 18 months. At last followβup,
Deep brain stimulation of the internal globus pallidus for refractory tardive dystonia
β Scribed by Oren S. Cohen; Sharon Hassin-Baer; Roberto Spiegelmann
- Book ID
- 116820291
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 161 KB
- Volume
- 13
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1353-8020
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