Globus pallidus internus-deep brain stimulation in Tourette's syndrome: Can clinical symptoms predict response?

Movement Disorders

Volumn 26, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 2440-2441

  Dehning, Sandra ^a   Feddersen, Berend ^b   Cerovecki, Anja ^a   Bötzel, Kai ^b   Müller, Norbert ^a   Mehrkens, Jan Hinnerk ^b  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AUTOMUTILATION; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; GILLES DE LA TOURETTE SYNDROME; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; FEMALE; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOURETTE SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 81955164249     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.23892     Document Type: Letter

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