Resetting of orthostatic tremor associated with cerebellar cortical atrophy by transcranial magnetic stimulation

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1497-1500

  Manto, Mario Vadldo ^a,f   Sctta, Fabrizia ^b   Legros, Benjamin ^c   Jacquy, Jean ^d   Godaux, Emile ^e  

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b Belg Natl Found for Sci Research   (Belgium)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d Universitaire de Charleroi   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MONS   (Belgium)

^f UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX ATROPHY; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREMOR;

EID: 0032739990     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.56.12.1497     Document Type: Article

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