Deep brain stimulation in Huntington's disease: The current status

Open Neurosurgery Journal

Volumn 4, Issue , 2011, Pages 7-10

  Zeef, Dagmar ^a   Schaper, Frédéric ^a   Vlamings, Rinske ^a   Visser Vandewalle, Veerle ^a   Temel, Yasin ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Deep brain stimulation; Huntington's disease

Indexed keywords

HALOPERIDOL; LEVODOPA; TETRABENAZINE; AMANTADINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BALANCE IMPAIRMENT; BRADYKINESIA; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CASE REPORT; CHOREA; CHOREOATHETOSIS; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DRUG MEGADOSE; DYSARTHRIA; DYSKINESIA; DYSPHAGIA; DYSPHASIA; ELECTRODE; FALLING; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; HYPOKINESIA; MALE; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PALLIDOTOMY; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SAFETY; WEIGHT REDUCTION; APATHY; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DEPRESSION; DISEASE COURSE; DYSTONIA; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 79955076110     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18765297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/187652970110401007     Document Type: Article

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