Association between male gender and pediatric essential tremor

Movement Disorders

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 904-906

  Louis, Elan D ^a,c,f   Fernandez Alvarez, Emilio ^d   Dure IV, Leon S ^e   Frucht, Steven ^b   Ford, Blair ^b  

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

^b Hospital San Juan de Dios ^*  (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d HOSPITAL SANT JOAN DE DÉU   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^f NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Epidemiology; Essential tremor; Gender; Pediatrics

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SPAIN; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 24144448560     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.20483     Document Type: Article

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