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Clinical and neurophysiological improvement of SGCE myoclonus-dystonia with GPi deep brain stimulation.
Clinical neurology and neurosurgery - 1 Feb 2010
Kurtis Monica M, San Luciano Marta, Yu Qiping, Goodman Robert R, Ford Blair, Raymond Deborah, Pullman Seth L, Saunders-Pullman Rachel
Abstract excerpt
Myoclonus-dystonia (M-D) is characterized by early onset myoclonus and dystonia. It is thought to be subcortical in origin. Response to oral medications may be incomplete, such that deep brain stimulation (DBS) surgery to the globus pallidum interna (GPi) or ventral intermediate thalamic nucleus (VIM) may be considered. The optimal site is not known. The physiology and surgical response for a 63-year-old woman...
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