Orthostatic tremor: Report of a case and review of the literature

Neurology India

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 91-93

  Bhattacharyya, K B ^a   Basu, S ^a   Roy, A D ^a   Bhattacharya, S ^a  

^a CALCUTTA NATIONAL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Essential tremor; Orthostatic tremor

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CLONAZEPAM; PRIMIDONE; PROPRANOLOL;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FAMILY HISTORY; FOLLOW UP; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; HYPOTHESIS; LEG; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MOSLEM; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; ORTHOSTATIC TREMOR; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; STANDING; SUPINE POSITION; TREMOR;

AGED; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; HUMANS; MALE; POSTURE; WALKING;

EID: 0042304027     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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