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Case Reports
. 2010 May;117(5):617-20.
doi: 10.1007/s00702-010-0380-0. Epub 2010 Mar 9.

Stuttering induced by thalamic deep brain stimulation for dystonia

Niels Allert  1 , Daniela Kelm, Christian Blahak, Hans-Holger Capelle, Joachim K Krauss
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Case Reports

Stuttering induced by thalamic deep brain stimulation for dystonia

Niels Allert et al. J Neural Transm (Vienna). 2010 May.

Abstract

We report a patient in whom deep brain stimulation of the ventral intermediate nucleus of the thalamus (Vim) for treating dystonia reversibly induced stuttering at suboptimal stimulation parameters. Adjustments of stimulation parameters resulted in excellent control of dystonic motor symptoms and complete resolution of speech dysfluency. This is the first report on stuttering as an adverse effect of Vim stimulation which is primarily used to treat tremors of various etiologies.

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