Efficacy and Safety of Deep Brain Stimulation in Tourette Syndrome

2018236 citationsJournal Articlebronze Open Access

Authors

Daniel Martínez-Ramírez · University of Florida

Joohi Jimenez‐Shahed · Baylor College of Medicine

James F. Leckman · Yale University

Mauro Porta

Domenico Servello · Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi

Fangang Meng · Capital Medical University

Jens Kuhn · Evangelisches Krankenhaus Oberhausen

Abstract

Deep brain stimulation was associated with symptomatic improvement in patients with Tourette syndrome but also with important adverse events. A publicly available website on outcomes of DBS in patients with Tourette syndrome has been provided.

Topics & Keywords

Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders Neurological disorders and treatments Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders

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Publication Details

Published in: JAMA Neurology

Volume 75, Issue 3, pp. 353-353

DOI: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2017.4317

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