Clinical neurophysiology of tremor

Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 110-121

  Deuschl, G ^a   Krack, P ^a   Lauk, M ^b   Timmer, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Electrophysiology; Reflexes; Time series analysis; Tremor

Indexed keywords

ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FLAPPING TREMOR; FOURIER ANALYSIS; MOTOR UNIT; MYOCLONUS; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PARKINSON DISEASE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REFLEX; REVIEW; TREMOR;

CEREBELLUM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXTREMITIES; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MESENCEPHALON; PARKINSON DISEASE; PERIODICITY; REFLEX; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; TREMOR;

EID: 0030068747     PISSN: 07360258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004691-199603000-00002     Document Type: Review

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