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Successful subthalamic stimulation after failed gamma-knife thalamotomy in the treatment of tremor-dominant Parkinson’s disease
Affiliations- Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology, Department of Neurosurgery, 9 Sobieskiego Street., 02-957 Warsaw, Poland
- Bródno Regional Hospital, Department of Sports Cardiology and Noninvasive Cardiovascular Imaging, Second Faculty of Medicine, Medical University of Warsaw, Kondratowicza 8 Street, 03-242 Warsaw, Poland
- Bródno Regional Hospital, Department of Neurosurgery, Kondratowicza 8 Street, 03-242 Warsaw, Poland
- Department of Neurosurgery, Postgraduate Medical Center, Warsaw, Poland
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Abstract
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Keywords
deep brain stimulation, Parkinson’s disease, heart transplantation, gamma-knife thalamotomy, subthalamic stimulation
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Successful subthalamic stimulation after failed gamma-knife thalamotomy in the treatment of tremor-dominant Parkinson’s disease
Journal
Neurologia i Neurochirurgia Polska
Issue
Article type
Letter to the Editors
Pages
169-171
Published online
2018-12-17
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Neurol Neurochir Pol 2019;53(2):169-171.
Keywords
deep brain stimulation
Parkinson’s disease
heart transplantation
gamma-knife thalamotomy
subthalamic stimulation
Authors
Michał Sobstyl
Marcin Konopka
Marta Aleksandrowicz
Tomasz Pasterski
Mirosław Ząbek
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