Parkinsonism & Related Disorders
Volume 16, Issue 7 , Pages 482-483 , August 2010

Whatever the disease duration, stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus improves Parkin disease

  • David Maltête

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Neurology, Rouen University Hospital – Charles Nicolle, 76031 Rouen Cedex, France. Tel.: +33 2 32 88 87 49; fax: +33 2 32 88 84 22.

Received 11 February 2010

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☆ The review of this paper was entirely handled by the Co-Editor-in-Chief, Ronald Pfeiffer.

PII: S1353-8020(10)00102-1

doi: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2010.04.013

Parkinsonism & Related Disorders
Volume 16, Issue 7 , Pages 482-483 , August 2010

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