Somatosensory temporal discrimination in patients with primary focal dystonia

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 80, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1315-1319

  Scontrini, A ^a   Conte, A ^a   Defazio, G ^b   Fiorio, M ^c   Fabbrini, G ^a   Suppa, A ^a   Tinazzi, M ^c,d   Berardelli, A ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^d BORGO TRENTO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEPHAROSPASM; BODY REGIONS; CERVICAL DYSTONIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOCAL DYSTONIA; FOCAL HAND DYSTONIA; HEMIFACIAL SPASM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; SPASMODIC DYSPHONIA; TIME PERCEPTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLEPHAROSPASM; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); DYSTONIC DISORDERS; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; LARYNGISMUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ROC CURVE; TORTICOLLIS; TOUCH;

EID: 72449134424     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2009.178236     Document Type: Article

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