Low-frequency deep brain stimulation for dystonia: Lower is not always better

Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Velez Lago, Frances M ^a   Oyama, Genko ^a   Foote, Kelly D ^a   Hwynn, Nelson ^a   Zeilman, Pamela ^a   Jacobson, Charles ^a   Wu, Samuel ^b   Okun, Michael S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Complications; Deep brain stimulation; Dystonia; Outcome; Rate; Voltage

Indexed keywords

EID: 85114682468     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21608288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5334/TOHM.84     Document Type: Article

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