Deep brain stimulation in a dentatorubral-pallidoluyisian atrophy patient with myoclonic dystonia

Highlights • A patient with myoclonic dystonia caused by dentatorubral-pallidoluyisian atropy (DRPLA) was successfully controlled with bilateral deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the globus pallidus internus (GPi). • The use of DBS in patients with secondary dystonia is controversial. • However, GPi-D...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of clinical neuroscience 2015-12, Vol.22 (12), p.1976-1978
Hauptverfasser:	Nam, Taek Min, Cho, Kyung Rae, Youn, Jinyoung, Cho, Jin Whan, Lee, Jung-Il
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Deep brain stimulation Deep Brain Stimulation - methods Dentatorubral-pallidoluyisian atrophy Dystonic Disorders - etiology Dystonic Disorders - therapy Globus pallidus internus Humans Male Myoclonic dystonia Myoclonic Epilepsies, Progressive - complications Myoclonic Epilepsies, Progressive - therapy Neurology Secondary dystonia
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