Hereditary chin tremor/myoclonus: A report from Latin America

Movement Disorders

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 180-182

  Diaz, Sergio ^b   Scorticati, Maria Clara ^b   Micheli, Federico ^a,b  

^a University of Buenos Aires ^*  (Argentina)

^b HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS JOSÉ DE SAN MARTÍN   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREMOR;

CHIN; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCLONUS; PEDIGREE; TREMOR;

EID: 0032957373     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1531-8257(199901)14:1<180::AID-MDS1039>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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