Prevalence of tremor and Parkinson's disease

Parkinsonism and Related Disorders

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 205-208

  Khatter, Avinash S ^a   Kurth, Matthias C ^a   Brewer, Melanie A ^a   Crinnian, Charles T ^a   Drazkowski, Joseph F ^a   Flitman, Steven S ^a   Imke, Susan ^a   Spector, Sidney A ^a   Wood, Kevin L ^a   Lieberman, Abraham N ^a,b  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Lewy bodies; Parkinson's disease; Tremor

Indexed keywords

EID: 16144368983     PISSN: 13538020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1353-8020(96)00027-2     Document Type: Article

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