Case series: New-onset freezing of gait in combined use of deep brain stimulation and Levodopa.

Mehri Salari Zahra AminzadeReza Jalili KhoshnoodSepand Tehrani Fateh

Published in: Clinical case reports (2021)

Concurrent use of DBS and levodopa in Parkinson's disease patients can lead to freezing of gait. This phenomenon may be due to an inverted-U-Shaped function of dopamine.

Keyphrases

deep brain stimulation
parkinson disease
obsessive compulsive disorder
end stage renal disease
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
prognostic factors
patient reported