Columbia University Assessment of Disability in Essential Tremor (CADET): Methodological issues in essential tremor research

Parkinsonism and Related Disorders

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 17-23

  Wendt, K J ^a   Albert, S M ^a,b   Pullman, S L ^b   Schneier, F R ^b,c   Louis, E D ^a,b  

^a Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain and the Gertrude H Sergievsky Center   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Disability; Epidemiology; Essential tremor; Function

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 0033991024     PISSN: 13538020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1353-8020(99)00028-0     Document Type: Article

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