Motor performance after posteroventral pallidotomy and VIM-thalamotomy in Parkinson's disease: a 1-year follow-up study

Twenty-three patients with Parkinson's disease underwent stereotactic surgery. To study the long-term motor performance, the patients were evaluated at the pre-operative period and at the 1st, 3rd, 6th, and 12th post-operative months, with the following scales: Unified Parkinson's Disease...

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Main Authors: PATRÍCIA M. C. AGUIAR, HENRIQUE B. FERRAZ, FERNANDO P. FERRAZ, ROBERTA ARB SABA, MARCELO KEN-ITI HISATUGO, LUIZ AUGUSTO FRANCO DE ANDRADE
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Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO) 2000-09-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2000000500007&tlng=en