Dystonic hand tremor in a patient with Wernicke encephalopathy

Parkinsonism and Related Disorders

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 479-481

  Yoon, Jung Han ^a   Yong, Seok Woo ^a,b   Lee, Phil Hyu ^b  

^a Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLONAZEPAM; THIAMINE; TRIHEXYPHENIDYL;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFUSION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FOCAL HAND DYSTONIA; FOLLOW UP; GAZE PARALYSIS; HAND TREMOR; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MALE; NEPHRECTOMY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NYSTAGMUS; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SPLENECTOMY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY;

DYSTONIC DISORDERS; HAND; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; TREMOR; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67449095310     PISSN: 13538020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2008.10.007     Document Type: Letter

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