## Abstract Tardive dystonia is a disabling movement disorder as a consequence of exposure to neuroleptic drugs. We followed 6 patients with medically refractory tardive dystonia treated by bilateral globus pallidus internus (GPi) deep brain stimulation (DBS) for 21 ± 18 months. At last follow‐up,
Relapse of tardive dystonia after globus pallidus deep-brain stimulation discontinuation
✍ Scribed by Sébastien Boulogne,Teodor Danaila,Gustavo Polo…
- Book ID
- 125347056
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2014
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 131 KB
- Volume
- 261
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0340-5354
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