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Restless legs syndrome in Parkinson's disease patients may improve with subthalamic stimulation

✍ Scribed by Erika Driver-Dunckley; Virgilio Gerald H. Evidente; Charles H. Adler; Renee Hillman; Jose Hernandez; Geoffrey Fletcher; Mark K. Lyons

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2006
Tongue: English
Weight: 52 KB
Volume: 21
Category: Article
ISSN: 0885-3185
DOI: 10.1002/mds.20911

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✦ Synopsis

We report on 6 advanced Parkinson's disease (PD) patients who underwent bilateral subthalamic nucleus (STN) deep brain stimulation (DBS) surgery whose restless legs syndrome (RLS) improved postoperatively. Despite a mean 56% decrease in their levodopa equivalents postoperatively, their RLS scores dropped by a mean of 84% (100% in three). Our findings suggest that bilateral STN DBS surgery can improve RLS in patients with advanced PD.

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