Alleviation of dysphagia after deep brain stimulation: Results from a Parkinson's disease patient

Movement Disorders

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 325-326

  Asahi, Takashi ^a   Inoue, Yukichi ^b   Hayashi, Nakamasa ^a   Araki, Kazutomi ^b   Endo, Shunro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^b Toyama Koshi Rehabilitation Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEVODOPA;

ADULT; AKINESIA; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CASE REPORT; DYSPHAGIA; FLUOROSCOPY; GAIT DISORDER; HAND TREMOR; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; PARKINSON DISEASE; PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; SWALLOWING; UNIFIED PARKINSON DISEASE RATING SCALE;

ADULT; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; HUMANS; MALE; PARKINSON DISEASE;

EID: 84856961602     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.23899     Document Type: Letter

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