Primary orthostatic tremor: 10 case reports with electrophysiological features;Tremblement orthostatique 'primaire': 10 observations cliniques et electrophysiologiques

Revue Neurologique

Volumn 154, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 322-329

  Mastain, B ^a   Cassim, F ^a   Guieu, J D ^a   Destee A ^a  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CLONAZEPAM; PRIMIDONE; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; DIAZEPAM; PHENOBARBITAL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POLYNEUROPATHY; TREMOR; WEIGHT BEARING; ARM; INNERVATION; LEG; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SYNDROME;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; ARM; CLONAZEPAM; DIAZEPAM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PHENOBARBITAL; POSTURE; PRIMIDONE; SYNDROME; TREMOR; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0031801012     PISSN: 00353787     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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