The Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics
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December 6, 1996
Pallidotomy for Parkinson's Disease
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Pallidotomy for Parkinson's Disease
December 6, 1996 (Issue: 989)
Ablation of the globus pallidus, an old treatment for Parkinsons disease, is being tried again, using more refined stereotactic techniques, improved brain imaging and new methods for recording neuronal activity (CW Olanow, Ann Neurol, 40:341,...more
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