Pediatric deep brain stimulation: A cautionary approach

Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience

Volumn 5, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Focquaert, Farah ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; DYSTONIA; GILLES DE LA TOURETTE SYNDROME; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROSURGERY; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PARKINSON DISEASE; PROGNOSIS; REMISSION; REVIEW; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 82255166316     PISSN: 16625145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnint.2011.00009     Document Type: Review

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