Essential tremor: A disorder of cerebellar degeneration?;Temblor esencial: ¿un trastorno de degeneración cerebelosa?

Revista de Neurologia

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 47-49

  Louis, Elan D ^a,b  

^a Universidad de Columbia   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROIMAGING; REVIEW;

EID: 76749118929     PISSN: 02100010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.33588/rn.5001.2009332     Document Type: Review

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