Does a screening questionnaire for essential tremor agree with the physician's examination?

Neurology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1351-1357

  Louis, Elan D ^a,b,d   Ford, Blair ^a   Lee, Helen ^c   Andrews, Howard ^c  

^a Columbia University ^*  (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

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING;

EID: 0031813865     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.50.5.1351     Document Type: Article

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