Tremor: How to determine if the patient has Parkinson's disease

Geriatrics

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 30-36

  Uitti, Ryan J ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEVODOPA;

BRADYKINESIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEPRESSION; DYSAUTONOMIA; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; PARKINSON DISEASE; REVIEW; RIGIDITY; SLEEP DISORDER; SPEECH DISORDER;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REST; TREMOR;

EID: 0031955977     PISSN: 0016867X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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