Holmes tremor secondary to brainstem hemorrhage responsive to levodopa: Report of 2 cases

Clinical Neuropharmacology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 95-100

  Raina, Gabriela B ^a   Velez, Miriam ^b   Pardal, Manuel Fernandez ^c   Micheli, Federico ^a,d  

^a HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS JOSÉ DE SAN MARTÍN   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NEUROLÓGICAS   (Peru)

^c HOSPITAL BRITÁNICO DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^d Juncal 1695 P 5 Dpto J (1062)   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Brainstem hemorrhage; Holmes tremor; Levodopa responsive Holmes tremor

Indexed keywords

BENSERAZIDE PLUS LEVODOPA; CARBIDOPA PLUS LEVODOPA; CLONAZEPAM;

ADL DISABILITY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOLMES TREMOR; HUMAN; LIMB TREMOR; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTIPARKINSON AGENTS; BRAIN STEM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; LEVODOPA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REVIEW LITERATURE; TIME FACTORS; TREMOR;

EID: 34147194282     PISSN: 03625664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.wnf.0000240957.56939.e6     Document Type: Article

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