Changing practice patterns of deep brain stimulation in Parkinson's disease and essential tremor in the USA

Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 25-29

  Pilitsis, Julie G ^a   Burrows, Anthony ^b   Linton Peters, Mary ^b   Sargent, Julie ^b   Ng, Sing Chau ^b   Tseng, Jennifer F ^b  

^a ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Deep brain stimulation; Essential tremor; Neurosurgery; Socioeconomics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARKINSON DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 83755182719     PISSN: 10116125     EISSN: 14230372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000333834     Document Type: Article

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