Cognitive function in patients with Parkinson's disease undergoing stereotaxic thalamotomy.
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Cognitive function in patients with Parkinson's disease undergoing stereotaxic thalamotomy.
OBJECTIVE To determine whether thalamotomy leads to cognitive disturbances in patients with Parkinson's disease. METHODS A total of 53 patients with Parkinson's disease undergoing stereotaxic ventrolateral thalamotomy for tremor and rigidity were tested for cognitive functions before and after surgery. The cognitive functions investigated involved visuospatial perception and memory. verbal me...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
سال: 1996
ISSN: 0022-3050
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.60.5.564