Surgical Treatment of Dyskinesia in Parkinson’s Disease
One of the main indications for stereotactic surgery in Parkinson’s disease (PD) is the control of levodopa induced dyskinesia. This can be achieved by by pallidotomy and globus pallidus internus (GPi) deep brain stimulation (DBS) or by subthalamotomy and subthalamic nucleus (STN) DBS, which usually...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2014-04-01
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| Series: | Frontiers in Neurology |
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| Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fneur.2014.00065/full |