Assessment of Safety and Outcome of Lateral Hypothalamic Deep Brain Stimulation for Obesity in a Small Series of Patients With Prader-Willi Syndrome

IMPORTANCE: Deep brain stimulation (DBS) has been investigated for treatment of morbid obesity with variable results. Patients with Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) present with obesity that is often difficult to treat. OBJECTIVE: To test the safety and study the outcome of DBS in patients with PWS. DESI...

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Autores principales: Franco, Ruth R., Fonoff, Erich T., Alvarenga, Pedro G., Alho, Eduardo J. L., Lopes, Antonio Carlos, Hoexter, Marcelo Q., Batistuzzo, Marcelo C., Paiva, Raquel R., Taub, Anita, Shavitt, Roseli G., Miguel, Euripides C., Teixeira, Manoel J., Damiani, Durval, Hamani, Clement
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Medical Association 2018
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Original Investigation
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6324383/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30646396
http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2018.5275

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