## Abstract The cause of primary Meige syndrome is unknown, and although gender and age predilections are different from idiopathic torsion dystonia, most investigators consider Meige syndrome a variant of that disorder. Interest in the use of stereotactic brain surgery for refractory forms of dyst
Pallidal deep brain stimulation in belly dancer's dyskinesia
β Scribed by Christoph Schrader; Holger Capelle; Thomas Kinfe; Joachim K. Krauss
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 481 KB
- Volume
- 24
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0885-3185
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