Hand cramps: Clinical features and electromyographic patterns in a focal dystonia

Neurology

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 1988, Pages 1005-1012

  Cohen, Leonardo G ^a   Hallett, Mark ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSIS; DYSTONIA; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE SPASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WRITER CRAMP;

ADULT; DYSTONIA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN; LATERALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MUSCLE CRAMP; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES;

EID: 0023765001     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.38.7.1005     Document Type: Article

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