New alternative agents in essential tremor therapy: Double-blind placebo-controlled study of alprazolam and acetazolamide

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 315-317

  Gunal, D I ^a   Afsar N ^a   Bekiroglu, N ^a   Aktan, S ^a  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acetazolamide; Alprazolam; Elderly; Essential tremor; Therapy

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; ALPRAZOLAM; PLACEBO; PRIMIDONE; PROPRANOLOL;

ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFUSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; HUMAN; NAUSEA; PARESTHESIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTIGO;

ACETAZOLAMIDE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALPRAZOLAM; ANTICONVULSANTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; GABA MODULATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMIDONE;

EID: 0034460162     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100720070069     Document Type: Article

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