Selective disappearance of essential tremor after ischaemic stroke [2]

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 422-423

  Le Pira, F ^a   Giuffrida, S ^a   Panetta, M R ^a   Lo Bartolo, M L ^a   Politi, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cerebellothalamocortical pathway; Essential tremor; Stroke

Indexed keywords

AGED; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LETTER; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PARESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; THALAMOTOMY; THALAMUS; FOLLOW UP; ISCHEMIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY;

AGED; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE;

EID: 3142663082     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2004.00824.x     Document Type: Letter

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