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. 2023 Jul 31;10(9):1436-1437.
doi: 10.1002/mdc3.13841. eCollection 2023 Sep.

Disability Milestones and Death in Parkinson's Disease under Subthalamic Neurostimulation

Philipp Mahlknecht  1 , Wilhelm Eisner  2 , Werner Poewe  1
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Disability Milestones and Death in Parkinson's Disease under Subthalamic Neurostimulation

Philipp Mahlknecht et al. Mov Disord Clin Pract. .
No abstract available

Keywords: deep brain stimulation (DBS); dementia; falls; hallucination; mortality; nucleus subthalamicus (STN); nursing home placement; survival.

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