The Washington Heights-Inwood Genetic Study of Essential Tremor: Methodologic Issues in Essential-Tremor Research

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 124-133

  Louis, Elan D ^a,b   Ottman, Ruth ^b,c   Ford, Blair ^a   Pullman, Seth ^a   Martinez, Moises ^a   Fahrt, Stanley ^a   Hauser, W Allen ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^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)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Essential tremor; Family history; Genetics; Methodology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FAMILY HISTORY; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY;

EID: 0030994322     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: 14230208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000109681     Document Type: Article

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