Orthostatic tremor: An electrophysiological analysis

Movement Disorders

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 735-738

  Sander, Howard W ^a,c   Masdeu, Joseph C ^a   Tavoulareas, George ^a   Walters, Arthur ^b   Zimmerman, Thomas ^b   Chokroverty, Sudhansu ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Essential tremor; Neurophysiology; Orthostatic tremor

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CLONAZEPAM; PRIMIDONE;

ACCELEROMETER; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CASE REPORT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED RESPONSE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MYOGRAPHY; NERVE CONDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDING; TREMOR; WALKING;

AGED; ANTIPARKINSON AGENTS; CARBIDOPA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CLONAZEPAM; DRUG COMBINATIONS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LEVODOPA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL CONDUCTION; POSTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREMOR;

EID: 0031824434     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.870130422     Document Type: Article

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