The pathophysiology of essential tremor

Neurology

Volumn 54, Issue 11 SUPPL. 4, 2000, Pages

  Deuschl, Günther ^a,c   Elble, Rodger J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; HUMAN; INFERIOR OLIVE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; HUMANS;

EID: 0034643872     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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