Quality of life in patients with orthostatic tremor

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 250, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 212-215

  Gerschlager, Willibald ^a,d   Katzenschlager, R ^b,c   Schrag, A ^a   Lees, A J ^b,c   Brown, P ^a   Quinn, N ^a   Bhatia, K P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Depression; Orthostatic tremor; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREMOR;

AGED; DEPRESSION; DIZZINESS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TREMOR;

EID: 0037321974     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-003-0980-9     Document Type: Article

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