Effect of subthalamic nucleus stimulation on levodopa-induced dyskinesia in Parkinson's disease.
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Abstract
Article abstract-The authors studied the effect of bilateral subthalamic nucleus stimulation on levodopa-induced dyskinesias in 24 consecutive parkinsonian patients with disabling dyskinesias. The improvement in the three subtypes of levodopa-induced dyskinesias was significant from the third postoperative month and was mainly due to the decrease in the daily dose of levodopa allowed by the stimulation-induced improvement in the motor score.
Medical subject headings
- Dyskinesia, Drug-Induced
- Levodopa
- Parkinson Disease
- Thalamic Nuclei