Cerebellar Tremor

Handbook of Essential Tremor and Other Tremor Disorders

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 227-241

  Seeberger, Lauren C ^a   Hauser, Robert A ^b  

^a Neurological Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 33847627809     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/b14115-22     Document Type: Chapter

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