We have read with interest the study by Santangelo et al., 1 reporting the role of vascular pathology in the neuropsychological profile of parkinsonian patients. The authors evaluated whether the brain's vascular lesion load is associated with neuropsychological variables. They compared the neuropsy
P110 The influence of deep brain stimulation of the nucleus subthalamicus on deglutition in Parkinson’s disease
✍ Scribed by S. Lengerer; J. Kipping; D. Weiss; R. Krüger; T. Wächter
- Book ID
- 118426285
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 45 KB
- Volume
- 1
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 2210-5336
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