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May 2023
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Follow-up of Ultrasound Subthalamotomy f...

AMERICAN ACADEMY OF NEUROLOGY
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Dr. Jeff Ratliff talks with Dr. Raúl Martínez-Fernández about the long-term outcome of unilateral FUS-STN treatment for Parkinson disease.

Read the related article in Neurology.

Disclosures can be found at Neurology.org.

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