F r a n c e . Surgical methods are still of interest when levodopa therapy fails. High frequency stimulation has similar effects and is safer than destruction in several basal ganglia, such as Ventral Intermediate Thalamus (Vim), Subthalamic Nucleus (STN) and Globus Pallidus Internus (GPi) has trigg
New therapies for Parkinson's disease
β Scribed by Ruth Djaldetti; Eldad Melamed
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 191 KB
- Volume
- 248
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0340-5354
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