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Haidar S. Dafsari

University Hospital Cologne
Verified email at uk-koeln.de
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Levodopa dose equivalency in Parkinson's disease: updated systematic review and proposals

…, P Jenner, K Ray Chaudhuri, HS Dafsari… - Movement …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background To compare drug regimens across clinical trials in Parkinson's disease (PD)
conversion formulae between antiparkinsonian drugs have been developed. These are …

[HTML][HTML] The effect of deep brain stimulation on the non-motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease: a critical review of the current evidence

MM Kurtis, T Rajah, LF Delgado, HS Dafsari - npj Parkinson's Disease, 2017 - nature.com
Dafsari et al. also provide significant evidence of subjective sleep improvement after DBS.
The long-term benefit of sleep after DBS is supported by an early study by Lyons and Pahwa …

Euro I nf: AM ulticenter C omparative O bservational S tudy of A pomorphine and L evodopa I nfusion in P arkinson's D isease

…, A Rizos, N Bryndum, A Glad, HS Dafsari… - Movement …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
… Task Force,7 the original H & Y8 was used to assess the global motor dysfunction of PD. …
Continuous infusion was maintained for 17.3 ± 3.6 h/day with IJLI and 15.9 ± 3.5 h/day with …

Directional DBS increases side‐effect thresholds—a prospective, double‐blind trial

…, H Treuer, M Klehr, J Roediger, HS Dafsari… - Movement …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Objective The objective of this study was to investigate whether directional deep brain
stimulation (DBS) of the subthalamic nucleus in Parkinson's disease (PD) offers increased …

Probabilistic sweet spots predict motor outcome for deep brain stimulation in Parkinson disease

…, A Horn, P Reker, C Oehrn, HS Dafsari… - Annals of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
… outcomes in the Mean-image against the expected outcomes in the H 0 -image using a
Wilcoxon signed rank test. After subtracting the H 0 -image from the Mean-image, we identified …

EuroInf 2: subthalamic stimulation, apomorphine, and levodopa infusion in Parkinson's disease

HS Dafsari, P Martinez‐Martin, A Rizos… - Movement …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Real‐life observational report of clinical efficacy of bilateral subthalamic stimulation
(STN‐DBS), apomorphine (APO), and intrajejunal levodopa infusion (IJLI) on quality of life, …

DBS of the PSA and the VIM in essential tremor: a randomized, double-blind, crossover trial

…, J Becker, JK Steffen, N Allert, J Wirths, HS Dafsari… - Neurology, 2018 - AAN Enterprises
Dafsari was funded by the Prof. Klaus Thiemann Foundation and the Felgenhauer Foundation
Dafsari: data acquisition, critical revision of the manuscript. Jürgen Voges: safety monitor, …

Non-motor outcomes depend on location of neurostimulation in Parkinson's disease

…, K Ray-Chaudhuri, L Timmermann, HS Dafsari - Brain, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Deep brain stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus is an effective and established therapy for
patients with advanced Parkinson’s disease improving quality of life, motor symptoms and …

Beneficial effects of bilateral subthalamic stimulation on non-motor symptoms in Parkinson's disease

HS Dafsari, P Reddy, C Herchenbach, S Wawro… - Brain stimulation, 2016 - Elsevier
Background STN-DBS is well established to improve motor symptoms and quality of life in
patients with PD. While non-motor symptoms are crucial for quality of life in these patients, …

Left prefrontal connectivity links subthalamic stimulation with depressive symptoms

…, A Perry, JN Petry‐Schmelzer, HS Dafsari… - Annals of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation (STN‐DBS) in Parkinson's disease (PD)
not only stimulates focal target structures but also affects distributed brain networks. The …