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Deep brain stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus: effectiveness in advanced Parkinson's disease patients previously reliant on apomorphine

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2003

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T.R.K. Varma, Susan H. Fox, Paul Eldridge, P. Littlechild, Patricia Byrne, A. Förster, Andrew Marshall, Heather Cameron, Kirsten McIver, Nicholas Fletcher,

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry

Abstract

In patients with advanced Parkinson's disease, previously reliant on apomorphine, bilateral STN DBS is an effective treatment to reduce motor fluctuations and enable a reduction in apomorphine use.

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