Prevalence of essential tremor: Door-to-door neurologic exams in Mersin Province, Turkey

Neurology

Volumn 61, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1804-1806

  Dogu, O ^a,c   Sevim, S ^a   Camdeviren, H ^a   Sasmaz, T ^a   Bugdayci, R ^a   Aral, M ^a   Kaleagasi, H ^a   Un, S ^a   Louis, E D ^b  

^a MERSIN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c MERSIN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCREENING; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

EID: 0346734154     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000099075.19951.8C     Document Type: Article

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