The "Ragin' Cajuns" of Louisiana

Movement Disorders

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 531-532

  McFarling, D A ^a  

^a The Neurological Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PRONENESS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ECHOLALIA; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; ONSET AGE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STARTLE REFLEX; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VIDEORECORDING;

AGED; FEMALE; FRANCE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LOUISIANA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STARTLE REACTION; SYNDROME; TIC DISORDERS; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 0035353756     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.1084     Document Type: Article

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