High prevalence of reported tremor in Klinefelter syndrome

Parkinsonism and Related Disorders

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 393-395

  Harlow, Tanya L ^a   Gonzalez Alegre, Pedro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Essential tremor; Klinefelter; Tremor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FAMILY HISTORY; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; MALE; ONSET AGE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; GAIT APRAXIA; HUMANS; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERENCE VALUES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67349267368     PISSN: 13538020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2008.08.009     Document Type: Article

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