Essential tremor and cerebellar dysfunction. Clinical and kinematic analysis of intention tremor

Brain

Volumn 123, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1568-1580

  Deuschl, G ^a   Wenzelburger, R ^b   Loffler K ^b   Raethjen, J ^b   Stolze, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Essential tremor; Intention tremor; Quantitative analysis of hand movements

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AGED; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARM; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CEREBELLUM ATROPHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECELERATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HAND GRIP; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INFRARED PHOTOGRAPHY; KINETICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKULL DISEASE;

EID: 0033909996     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/123.8.1568     Document Type: Article

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