Studying neurosurgical implants for Parkinson disease: A question of design

Neurology

Volumn 67, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1503-1505

  Prehn, A W ^a   Vawter, D E ^a   Gervais, K G ^a   DeVries, R G ^b   Garrett, J E ^a   Freeman, T B ^c   McIndoo, T Q ^a  

^a Minnesota Center for Health Care Ethics   (United States)

^b ST OLAF COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEUROSURGERY; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; HUMANS; PARKINSON DISEASE; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 33750353570     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000240221.78518.5e     Document Type: Article

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