Pallidal and thalamic surgery for Parkinson's disease

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 35-40

  Tasker, Ronald R ^a,b   Lang, Anthony E ^a,b   Lozano, Andres M ^a,b  

^a TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HUMAN; PALLIDOTOMY; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031104818     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exnr.1996.6385     Document Type: Article

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