Natural history and syndromic associations of orthostatic tremor: A review of 41 patients

Movement Disorders

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 788-795

  Gerschlager, Willibald ^a,b   Münchau, Alexander ^c   Katzenschlager, Regina ^d,e   Brown, Peter ^a   Rothwell, John C ^a   Quinn, Niall ^a,d   Lees, Andrew J ^d,e   Bhatia, Kailash P ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KRANKENHAUS DER BARMHERZIGEN BRÜDER   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^d NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Orthostatic tremor; Parkinsonism; Restless legs

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; ALCOHOL; BACLOFEN; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM; DIAZEPAM; DRUG; ETHOSUXIMIDE; GABAPENTIN; LEVODOPA; PHENYTOIN; PRIMIDONE; PROPRANOLOL; TEMAZEPAM;

ADULT; AGED; ARM DISEASE; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DIZZINESS; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DRUG RESPONSE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; ONSET AGE; OROFACIAL DYSKINESIA; ORTHOSTATIC TREMOR; PARKINSON DISEASE; PARKINSONISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; REVIEW; SITTING; STANDING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TARDIVE DYSKINESIA; TREMOR; TRUNK; WALKING;

AGED; ANTIPARKINSON AGENTS; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; DIZZINESS; DOPAMINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREMOR; WALKING;

EID: 4344606340     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.20132     Document Type: Review

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