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. 1984 Aug;47(8):831–839. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.47.8.831

Levodopa-induced dyskinesia and thalamotomy.

H Narabayashi, F Yokochi, Y Nakajima
PMCID: PMC1027947  PMID: 6381653

Abstract

Levodopa-induced dyskinesia of the limbs in thirteen cases of Parkinsonism, which was choreic, ballistic or dystonic in type, was alleviated almost completely by stereotaxic surgery using a microelectrode technique for the ventralis oralis anterior and posterior nuclei of the thalamus, but much less by the ventralis intermedius nucleus. Control of levodopa-induced dyskinesias by thalamic lesions in the course of routine treatment of Parkinsonism is discussed.

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