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Sustained response to deep brain stimulation in LRRK2 parkinsonism with the Y1699C mutation.
Journal of Parkinson's disease - 1 Jan 2012
Perju-Dumbrava L D, McDonald M, Kneebone A C, Long R, Thyagarajan D
Abstract excerpt
Although effective deep brain stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus (STN-DBS) is reported in G2019S leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2) parkinsonism, response to surgery in other LRRK2 mutations has not been previously reported. We present an affected individual from the Lincolnshire pedigree (Y1699C), on whom bilateral STN-DBS was performed to control severe motor fluctuations and dyskinesias. He showed a...
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