Minimum incidence of primary cervical dystonia in a multiethnic health care population

Neurology

Volumn 69, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 676-680

  Marras, C ^a,e   Van Den Eeden, S K ^b   Fross, R D ^b   Benedict Albers, K S ^b   Klingman, J ^b   Leimpeter, A D ^b   Nelson, L M ^d   Risch, N ^b,c   Karter, A J ^b   Bernstein, A L ^b   Tanner, C M ^a  

^a PARKINSON S INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSTONIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TORTICOLLIS;

EID: 34547895888     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000267425.51598.c9     Document Type: Article

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