Effects of subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation on the swallowing function of patients with Parkinson's disease

Parkinsonism and Related Disorders

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 480-482

  Kitashima, Akio ^a   Umemoto, George ^a   Tsuboi, Yoshio ^a   Higuchi, Masa aki ^a   Baba, Yasuhiko ^a   Kikuta, Toshihiro ^a  

^a FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Parkinson's disease; Subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation; Swallowing function; Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale part III; Videofluoroscopic images

Indexed keywords

LEVODOPA;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; LARYNGEAL ELEVATION; LETTER; MALE; OROPHARYNGEAL TRANSIT TIME; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; SWALLOWING; TONGUE MOVEMENT; UNIFIED PARKINSON DISEASE RATING SCALE; VIDEOFLUOROSCOPY;

AGED; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; DEGLUTITION; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 84875278982     PISSN: 13538020     EISSN: 18735126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2012.10.023     Document Type: Letter

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