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Parkin mutation and deep brain stimulation outcome.
Journal of clinical neuroscience : official journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia - 1 Jan 2014
Kim Hee Jin, Yun Ji Young, Kim Young-Eun, Lee Jee-Young, Kim Han-Joon, Kim Ji-Young, Park Sung Sup, Paek Sun Ha, Jeon Beom S
Abstract excerpt
Patients with parkin mutations are expected to be good candidates for deep brain stimulation (DBS) because of an excellent levodopa response and frequent occurrence of levodopa-induced dyskinesia. However, there are insufficient data on surgical outcome in patients with parkin mutations. This study aimed to compare the outcome of subthalamic nucleus DBS in patients with early-onset Parkinson's disease with and...
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