Deep Brain Stimulation May Benefit Advanced Parkinson’s Disease Patients, But With Increased Adverse Event Risk

Deep brain stimulation treatment may improve movement skills and quality of life for patients with advanced Parkinson’s disease (PD) over other medical therapies, though it may also have a higher risk of serious adverse events, according to an article released on January 6, 2008 in JAMA.

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Filed under: Parkinson's Disease on January 16th, 2009