of a levodopa-nonresponsive PD patient who failed to improve after pallidotomy also failed to improve after DBS STN. 10 Our patients were all levodopa-responsive and, aside from a single patient, improved after their pallidotomy. There are several reasons why postpallidotomy STN DBS may result in l
Restless Legs Syndrome and Polyneuropathy in Rheumatologic Diseases
β Scribed by Franco Gemignani; Francesca Brindani; Adriana Marbini
- Book ID
- 113899891
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 40 KB
- Volume
- 38
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0049-0172
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