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Chapter 7 - Managing essential tremor patients treated with deep brain stimulation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 September 2015

By
Shyamal H. Mehta ,
Rajesh Pahwa  and
Kelly E. Lyons
Edited by
William J. Marks, Jr
William J. Marks, Jr
Affiliation:
University of California, San Francisco
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Deep Brain Stimulation Management , pp. 77 - 83
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2015

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