Essential tremor associated with focal nonnigral Lewy bodies: A clinicopathologic study

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1004-1007

  Louis, Elan D ^a,b,d   Honig, Lawrence S ^a,b   Vonsattel, Jean Paul G ^b   Maraganore, Demetrius M ^c   Borden, Sarah ^a   Moskowitz, Carol B ^b  

^a Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain and the Gertrude H Sergievsky Center   (United States)

^b Mayo Clinic ^*  (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^d NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRIMIDONE; PROPRANOLOL;

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEWY BODY; LOCUS CERULEUS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PARKINSONISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; VAGUS NERVE NUCLEUS; CHEMISTRY; DIFFUSE LEWY BODY DISEASE; PATHOLOGY;

AGED; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEWY BODIES; LEWY BODY DISEASE; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA;

EID: 20844462205     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.62.6.1004     Document Type: Article

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