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Subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation in elderly patients – analysis of outcome and complications

✍ Scribed by Jan Vesper; Susanne Haak; Christoph Ostertag; Guido Nikkhah

Book ID
115009491
Publisher
BioMed Central
Year
2007
Tongue
English
Weight
540 KB
Volume
7
Category
Article
ISSN
1471-2377

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