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Chapter 28 - Controversy: ablative surgery vs deep-brain stimulation in the management of Parkinson's disease

from Section IV - Clinical Trials in Parkinson's Diease: Lessons, Controversies and Challenges

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 March 2016

By
Gian D. Pal  and
Leo Verhagen Metman
Edited by
Néstor Gálvez-Jiménez ,
Hubert H. Fernandez ,
Alberto J. Espay  and
Susan H. Fox
Néstor Gálvez-Jiménez
Affiliation:
Cleveland Clinic, Florida
Hubert H. Fernandez
Affiliation:
Cleveland Clinic, Ohio
Alberto J. Espay
Affiliation:
University of Cincinnati
Susan H. Fox
Affiliation:
Toronto Western Hospital
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Parkinson's Disease
Current and Future Therapeutics and Clinical Trials
 , pp. 297 - 312
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2016

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