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Therapy‐refractory tourette syndrome: Beneficial outcome with globus pallidus internus deep brain stimulation |
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| Authors: | Sandra Dehning MD Jan‐Hinnerk Mehrkens MD Norbert Müller MD PhD Kai Bötzel MD |
| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Ludwig‐Maximilians‐University, Munich, Germany;2. Department of Neurosurgery, Ludwig‐Maximilians‐University, Munich, Germany;3. Department of Neurology, Ludwig‐Maximilians‐University, Munich, Germany |
| Abstract: | We report on a female patient with Tourette syndrome and a 12‐month follow‐up after chronic deep brain stimulation in the globus pallidus internus which resulted in excellent remission of motor and vocal tics. © 2008 Movement Disorder Society |
| Keywords: | Tourette syndrome deep brain stimulation globus pallidus internus |