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A Comparative Evaluation of Clinical Rating Scales and Quantitative Measurements in Assessment pre and post Striatal Implantation of Human Foetal Mesencephalon in Parkinson’s Disease

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Advances in Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery 9

Part of the book series: Acta Neurochirurgica Supplementum ((STEREOTACTIC,volume 52))

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Six patients with advanced Parkinson’s Disease were evaluated before and after implantation of human fetal ventral mesencephalic tissue to the head of the right caudate nucleus. The results of clinical assessment indicate that attempts to characterise patient fluctuations requires a combination of clinical rating scales and timing of specific limb tasks.

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, University of Birmingham, Smethwick, UK

    B. T. H. Henderson, B. G. Kenny, E. R. Hitchcock, R. C. Hughes & C. G. Clough

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, University of Birmingham, UK

    Edward R. Hitchcock

  2. Istituto Neurologico “C. Besta”, Milano, Italy

    Giovanni Broggi

  3. Servicio de Neurocirugía, Fundación Iménez Díaz, Madrid, Spain

    Juan Burzaco

  4. Dept. de Neurocirurgia, Fundacion “Sixto Obrador”, Madrid, Spain

    J. Martin-Rodriguez

  5. Department of Neurosurgery, Karolinska Sjukhuset, Stockholm, Sweden

    Björn A. Meyerson

  6. Department of Neurosurgery, Medical University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary

    Szabolcs Tóth

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Henderson, B.T.H., Kenny, B.G., Hitchcock, E.R., Hughes, R.C., Clough, C.G. (1991). A Comparative Evaluation of Clinical Rating Scales and Quantitative Measurements in Assessment pre and post Striatal Implantation of Human Foetal Mesencephalon in Parkinson’s Disease. In: Hitchcock, E.R., Broggi, G., Burzaco, J., Martin-Rodriguez, J., Meyerson, B.A., Tóth, S. (eds) Advances in Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery 9. Acta Neurochirurgica Supplementum, vol 52. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-9160-6_14

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