## Abstract ## Objective Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by significant motor dysfunction and various non‐motor disturbances, including cognitive alterations. Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is an increasingly utilized therapeutic option for patients with PD tha
Staged bilateral deep brain stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease
✍ Scribed by Takafumi Tanei; Yasukazu Kajita; Yoshiki Kaneoke; Shigenori Takebayashi; Daisuke Nakatsubo; Toshihiko Wakabayashi
- Publisher
- Springer Vienna
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 149 KB
- Volume
- 151
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0001-6268
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