Thalamic tremor: Case reports and implications of the tremor-generating mechanism

Neurology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 75-79

  Miwa, H ^a   Hatori, K ^a   Kondo, T ^a   Imai, H ^a   Mizuno, Y ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; THALAMUS; TREMOR;

EID: 0030006628     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.46.1.75     Document Type: Article

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