Immediate effects of deep brain stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus on nonmotor symptoms in Parkinson's disease
✍ Scribed by Martin Wolz; Julia Hauschild; Mareike Fauser; Lisa Klingelhöfer; Heinz Reichmann; Alexander Storch
- Book ID
- 119343068
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 224 KB
- Volume
- 18
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1353-8020
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