Prevalence of essential tremor in three elderly populations of central Spain

Movement Disorders

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 389-394

  Benito León, Julián ^a   Bermejo Pareja, Félix ^b   Morales, José Manuel ^c   Vega, Saturio ^d   Molina, José Antonio ^b  

^a HOSPITAL DE MÓSTOLES   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

^c Department of Research   (Spain)

^d Health Center of Arévalo   (Spain)

Author keywords

Elderly; Epidemiology; Neurological disorders; Prevalence; Spain; Survey; Tremor

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PARKINSONISM; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SPAIN; STROKE; URBAN AREA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; RURAL POPULATION; SPAIN; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0038408921     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.10376     Document Type: Article

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