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Chapter 20 - Deep-brain stimulation of the thalamic ventral intermediate nucleus in the management of Parkinson's disease

from Section III - Surgical Management of Parkinson's Disease

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 March 2016

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Diana Apetauerova ,
Jay L. Shils  and
Peter K. Dempsey
Edited by
Néstor Gálvez-Jiménez ,
Hubert H. Fernandez ,
Alberto J. Espay  and
Susan H. Fox
Néstor Gálvez-Jiménez
Affiliation:
Cleveland Clinic, Florida
Hubert H. Fernandez
Affiliation:
Cleveland Clinic, Ohio
Alberto J. Espay
Affiliation:
University of Cincinnati
Susan H. Fox
Affiliation:
Toronto Western Hospital
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Parkinson's Disease
Current and Future Therapeutics and Clinical Trials
 , pp. 206 - 215
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2016

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