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Effect of Age and Disease Duration on the Levodopa Response in Patients with Advanced Parkinson’s Disease for Deep Brain Stimulation of the Subthalamic Nucleus

BACKGROUND: Deep brain stimulation (DBS) has become a preferred option for the treatment of motor symptoms in patients with advanced Parkinson’s disease (PD). A good levodopa response (LR) is considered the most important criterion in determining the suitability of a patient for DBS. However, the ef...

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Autores principales: Aygun, Dursun, Kocabicak, Ersoy, Yildiz, Mustafa Onur, Temel, Yasin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4921481/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27445964
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2016.00097