Isolated head tremor: Part of the clinical spectrum of essential tremor? Data from population-based and clinic-based case samples

Movement Disorders

Volumn 24, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 2281-2285

  Louis, Elan D ^a,b,c   Dogu, Okan ^d  

^a Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons   (United States)

^b Mersin University ^*  (United States)

^c Department of Medicine   (United States)

^d MERSIN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Clinical; Essential tremor; Head tremor

Indexed keywords

ARM TREMOR; ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOLATED HEAD TREMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; DISABILITY EVALUATION; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TURKEY;

EID: 72849137946     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.22777     Document Type: Article

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