title: Deep brain stimulation of the internal pallidum did not improve chorea in a patient with neuro-acanthocytosis.
abstract: We report the failure of bilateral globus pallidus internus deep brain stimulation to improve chorea in a patient with chorea-acanthocytosis. Prior to this surgery the patient had experienced a striking but short lived amelioration of symptoms with clozapine therapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Moorenstr 5, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany. wihl@uni-duesseldorf.de
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wihl
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Volkmann
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Allert
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lehrke
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Sturm
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Freund
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002819:Chorea / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D018450:Disease Progression; D004599:Electric Stimulation Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D004567:Electrodes, Implanted; D005917:Globus Pallidus / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017211:Treatment Failure