Enough is enough: Moving on to deep brain stimulation in patients with fluctuating Parkinson disease

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 778-780

  Okun, Michael S ^a   Foote, Kelly D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARKINSON DISEASE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 67049100865     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneurol.2009.82     Document Type: Short Survey

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