How familial is familial tremor? The genetic epidemiology of essential tremor

Neurology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1200-1205

  Louis, Elan D ^a,b,d   Ottman, Ruth ^b,c  

^a College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^b Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain and the Gertrude H Sergievsky Center   (United States)

^c NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FAMILY HISTORY; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

DISEASE PROGRESSION; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FAMILY; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); PREVALENCE; TREMOR;

EID: 0030012553     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.46.5.1200     Document Type: Review

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