Head trauma in primary cranial dystonias: A multicentre case-control study

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 260-263

  Martino, Davide ^a   Defazio, Giovanni ^a   Abbruzzese, Giovanni ^b   Girlanda, Paolo ^c   Tinazzi, Michele ^d   Fabbrini, Giovanni ^e   Aniello, Maria Stella ^a   Avanzino, Laura ^b   Colosimo, Carlo ^e   Majorana, Giuseppe ^c   Trompetto, Carlo ^b   Berardelli, Alfredo ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^e SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEPHAROSPASM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSTONIA; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HEMIFACIAL SPASM; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAXILLOFACIAL INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANK SUM TEST; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; ONSET AGE; RISK FACTOR;

AGE OF ONSET; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; DYSTONIC DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33847715123     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2006.103713     Document Type: Article

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