Modulation of metabolic brain function by bilateral subthalamic nucleus stimulation in the treatment of Parkinson’s disease
✍ Scribed by Jian Wang; YiLong Ma; ZheMin Huang; BoMin Sun; YiHui Guan; ChuanTao Zuo
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 330 KB
- Volume
- 257
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0340-5354
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