Writers' cramp-a focal dystonia

Brain

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 1982, Pages 461-480

  Sheehy, M P ^a   Marsden, C D ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AMANTADINE; AMITRIPTYLINE; BACLOFEN; CARBAMAZEPINE; CARBIDOPA; CARBIDOPA PLUS LEVODOPA; CLOMIPRAMINE; CLONAZEPAM; DIAZEPAM; HALOPERIDOL; LEVODOPA; ORPHENADRINE; PERPHENAZINE; PHENYTOIN; PIMOZIDE; PRIMIDONE; PROMAZINE; PROPRANOLOL; TETRABENAZINE; THIOPROPAZATE; THIORIDAZINE; TRIHEXYPHENIDYL; TRYPTOPHAN; VALPROIC ACID;

BASAL GANGLION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DYSTONIA; ETIOLOGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCLE; PATHOGENESIS; PSYCHOSOMATICS; THERAPY; WRITER CRAMP;

ADULT; DYSTONIA; FEMALE; HAND; HANDWRITING; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE CRAMP; NEUROTIC DISORDERS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; TREMOR;

EID: 0019903999     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/105.3.461     Document Type: Article

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