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01-06-2011 | Letter to the Editors

Combined stimulation of the substantia nigra pars reticulata and the subthalamic nucleus is effective in hypokinetic gait disturbance in Parkinson’s disease

Authors: Daniel Weiss, Sorin Breit, Tobias Wächter, Christian Plewnia, Alireza Gharabaghi, Rejko Krüger

Published in: Journal of Neurology | Issue 6/2011

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Title: Combined stimulation of the substantia nigra pars reticulata and the subthalamic nucleus is effective in hypokinetic gait disturbance in Parkinson’s disease
Authors: Daniel Weiss
Sorin Breit
Tobias Wächter
Christian Plewnia
Alireza Gharabaghi
Rejko Krüger
Publication date: 01-06-2011
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Journal of Neurology / Issue 6/2011
Print ISSN: 0340-5354
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1459
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-011-5906-3

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