Voluntary control and a wider clinical spectrum of essential palatal tremor

Movement Disorders

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 717-719

  Samuel, Michael ^a,b   Kleiner Fisman, Galit ^a   Lang, Anthony E ^a  

^a TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Myoclonus; Palatal tremor; Psychogenic movements; Tics; Voluntary control

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN; CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE; CLONAZEPAM; HYPNOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BREATH HOLDING; CASE REPORT; CLICK; CLINICAL FEATURE; ESSENTIAL PALATAL TREMOR; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; FINGER; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MOTOR CONTROL; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PALATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ADULT; CHILD; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PALATE, SOFT; VOLITION;

EID: 4444288580     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.20034     Document Type: Article

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