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Previous Volume 341:1003-1004 September 23, 1999 Number 13 Next

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To the Editor: Bejjani et al. (May 13 issue)¹ reported the induction of transient acute depression by stimulation of the left subthalamic nucleus in a woman with Parkinson's disease. We have found that pallidotomy may also cause depression in patients with this disease. Among 41 patients (25 men and 16 women; mean age at operation, 60 years) with severe, chronic Parkinson's disease, 17 underwent left-sided pallidotomy, 13 right-sided pallidotomy, and 11 bilateral pallidotomy. All the patients improved after surgery. Persistent major depression, as defined by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fourth edition,² developed immediately after the surgical . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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