Open AccessBilateral Deep Brain Stimulation vs Best Medical Therapy for Patients With Advanced Parkinson Disease<subtitle>A Randomized Controlled Trial</subtitle>
Author(s) -
Frances M. Weaver
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
jama
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.688
H-Index - 680
eISSN - 1538-3598
pISSN - 0098-7484
DOI - 10.1001/jama.2008.929
Subject(s) - deep brain stimulation , medicine , dyskinesia , randomized controlled trial , subthalamic nucleus , adverse effect , brain stimulation , parkinson's disease , neurocognitive , stimulation , disease , psychiatry , cognition
Deep brain stimulation is an accepted treatment for advanced Parkinson disease (PD), although there are few randomized trials comparing treatments, and most studies exclude older patients.
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