Unilateral subthalamic stimulation for early-stage Parkinson's disease

Brain and Nerve

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 495-498

  Shichi, Takao ^a   Okiyama, Ryoichi ^a   Yokochi, Fusako ^a   Taniguchi, Makoto ^a   Takahashi, Hiroshi ^a   Hamada, Ikuma ^b  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN NEUROLOGICAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Early stage Parkinson's disease; Improvement of UPDRS motor score without medication; Unilateral subthalamic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; ELECTRODE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; MOTOR NERVE; NERVE STIMULATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARKINSON DISEASE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANTIPARKINSON AGENTS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEVODOPA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 22444441106     PISSN: 00068969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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