Does sex influence age at onset in cranial-cervical and upper limb dystonia?

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 265-267

  Defazio, Giovanni ^a   Abbruzzese, G ^b   Girlanda, P ^c   Vacca, L ^d   Curra A ^d   Marchese, R ^b   Martino, D ^a   Masi, G ^a   Majorana, G ^c   Mazzella, L ^b   Livrea, P ^a   Berardelli, A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DYSTONIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ARM; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DYSTONIC DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0037308883     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.74.2.265     Document Type: Article

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