Eye movement abnormalities in essential tremor may indicate cerebellar dysfunction

Brain

Volumn 126, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1319-1332

  Helmchen, C ^b   Hagenow, A ^c   Miesner, J ^c   Sprenger, A ^c   Rambold, H ^c   Wenzelburger, R ^a   Heide, W ^c   Deuschl, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Essential tremor; Eye movements; Intention tremor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; EYE MOVEMENT CONTROL; EYE MOVEMENT DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; VESTIBULAR FUNCTION; VESTIBULOOCULAR REFLEX;

EID: 0038353619     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awg132     Document Type: Article

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