Sensory discrimination capabilities in patients with focal hand dystonia

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 377-380

  Bara Jimenez, William ^a   Shelton, Patricia ^a   Sanger, Terence D ^b   Hallett, Mark ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSTONIA; HUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); DYSTONIC DISORDERS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HAND; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SPACE PERCEPTION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034050189     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1531-8249(200003)47:3<377::AID-ANA16>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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