Hardware failure in parkinsonian patients with chronic subthalamic nucleus stimulation is a medical emergency

Movement Disorders

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 166-168

  Hariz, Marwan I ^a   Johansson, Folke ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; LEVODOPA;

AGED; AKINESIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN SURGERY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DYSPHONIA; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REBOUND; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS;

AGED; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARKINSON DISEASE; RECURRENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 0035241264     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1531-8257(200101)16:1<166::AID-MDS1031>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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