Deep brain stimulation : a new treatment shows promise in the most difficult cases / Jamie Talan.

  • Talan, Jamie.
Date:
[2009], ©2009
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Publication/Creation

New York : Dana Press, [2009], ©2009.

Physical description

xiii, 176 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-164) and index.

Contents

Breaking ground : 100 years of research -- Coop the king : controversy on the frontier -- Finding the Parkinson's problem -- The French connection -- Acting on impulse : DBS and dystonia -- Obsessive-compulsive disorder : DBS for psychiatry -- DBS teams take on depression -- Tourette syndrome -- Battling epilepsy -- The hardest cases : pain and minimal consciousness -- Patients, parameters, and risks -- Ethics and the future.

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    Medical Collection
    WB495 2009T13d
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ISBN

  • 9781932594379
  • 193259437X