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SUBMITTER: Badihian N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC10077954 | biostudies-literature | 2022
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

Badihian Negin N Jackson Lauren M LM Klassen Bryan T BT Hassan Anhar A Low Phillip A PA Singer Wolfgang W Coon Elizabeth A EA
Journal of Parkinson's disease 20220101 8
The course of patients with multiple system atrophy (MSA) who undergo deep brain stimulation (DBS) is unclear. In a retrospective review of 1,496 patients with MSA evaluated at our institutions from 1998-2021, 12 patients underwent DBS; 9 had a diagnosis of Parkinson's disease at the time of surgery. Nine patients reported initial improvement in at least one symptom and 7 experienced overall worsening following DBS. All patients had at least one red flag sign or symptom suggesting atypical parki ...[more]