## Abstract We report the 5 to 6 year follow‐up of a multicenter study of bilateral subthalamic nucleus (STN) and globus pallidus internus (GPi) deep brain stimulation (DBS) in advanced Parkinson's disease (PD) patients. Thirty‐five STN patients and 16 GPi patients were assessed at 5 to 6 years aft
Failure of long-term subthalamic nucleus stimulation corrected by additional pallidal stimulation in a patient with Parkinson’s disease
✍ Scribed by Allert, Niels; Schnitzler, Alfons; Sturm, Volker; Maarouf, Mohammad
- Book ID
- 113040422
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 171 KB
- Volume
- 259
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0340-5354
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