title: One step back and one, possibly two, steps forward. The different approaches to Parkinson's disease.
abstract: Parallel approaches to the development of medical treatment often experience advances in one technology sector and simultaneous setbacks in others. The potential role of medical devices and biomaterials in the treatment of neurological conditions such as Parkinson's Disease is discussed here together with the contrast between the role of devices in tackling the consequences of disease and that of drugs and cell therapies that aim to cure it.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Engineering, University of Liverpool. dfw.ce@liverpool.ac.uk
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authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Williams
mesh_terms: D004599:Electric Stimulation Therapy; D004864:Equipment and Supplies; D018380:Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D013788:Thalamus / Q000601:surgery