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What are the recommendations for considering deep brain stimulation in a patient with tremors and dementia or mild cognitive impairment?

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Neurology · Yale

In PD, studies with the strongest quality of evidence show a slight decline in global cognition in patients undergoing STN-DBS compared to GPi-DBS or medical therapy. However, the majority of controlled clinical trials and observational studies do not find changes in global cognition among these gro...

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