Mirtazapine in essential tremor: A double-blind, placebo-controlled pilot study

Movement Disorders

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 584-587

  Pahwa, Rajesh ^a   Lyons, Kelly E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Double blind; Mirtazapine; Placebo; Tremor

Indexed keywords

ATENOLOL; GABAPENTIN; METOPROLOL; MIRTAZAPINE; PLACEBO; PRIMIDONE; PROPRANOLOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BALANCE DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFUSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DROWSINESS; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DYSGEUSIA; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; MALE; NAUSEA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PARKINSON DISEASE; PILOT STUDY; POLYURIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WEIGHT GAIN; XEROSTOMIA;

AGED; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, TRICYCLIC; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIANSERIN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0038485934     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.10371     Document Type: Article

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