Long-term effects of pedunculopontine nucleus stimulation for Pisa syndrome

Parkinsonism and Related Disorders

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1445-1446

  Ricciardi, Lucia ^a   Piano, Carla ^b,c   Bentivoglio, Anna Rita ^b   Fasano, Alfonso ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Deep brain stimulation; Parkinson's disease; Pedunculopontine nucleus; Pisa syndrome

Indexed keywords

LEVODOPA;

ABNORMAL POSTURE; AGED; BODY POSTURE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARKINSON DISEASE; PEDUNCULOPONTINE TEGMENTAL NUCLEUS; PISA SYNDROME; STRIATONIGRAL DEGENERATION; UNIFIED PARKINSON DISEASE RATING SCALE; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 84915803812     PISSN: 13538020     EISSN: 18735126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2014.10.006     Document Type: Letter

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