Intractable facial pain in advanced Parkinson's disease alleviated by subthalamic nucleus stimulation

J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2008 Dec;79(12):1410-1. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.2008.149831.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Carboxy-Lyases / antagonists & inhibitors
  • Deep Brain Stimulation
  • Facial Pain / etiology
  • Facial Pain / therapy*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Levodopa / pharmacology
  • Middle Aged
  • Pain, Intractable / etiology
  • Pain, Intractable / therapy*
  • Parkinson Disease / complications
  • Parkinson Disease / therapy
  • Postoperative Period
  • Subthalamic Nucleus / pathology*
  • Subthalamic Nucleus / physiology
  • Time Factors
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Levodopa
  • Carboxy-Lyases