Preoperative clinical predictors of response to bilateral subthalamic stimulation in patients with Parkinson's disease

Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery

Volumn 83, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 80-83

  Pahwa, Rajesh ^a,b   Wilkinson, Steven B ^a   Overman, John ^a   Lyons, Kelly E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Deep brain stimulation; Parkinson's disease; Subthalamic nucleus stimulation

Indexed keywords

ANTIPARKINSON AGENT; LEVODOPA;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE DURATION; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PARKINSON DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIFIED PARKINSON DISEASE RATING SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 24644437296     PISSN: 10116125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000086866     Document Type: Article

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