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Marwan Hariz1,2, Patric Blomstedt1,2

  • 1Department of Clinical Science, Neuroscience, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.

Movement Disorders Clinical Practice
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Parkinson's diseasecurrent steeringdeep brain stimulation (DBS)directional electrodesmotor outcomesubthalamic nucleus

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