Impact of tremor severity on cognition in elderly patients with essential tremor

Neurocase

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 50-58

  Kim, Joong Seok ^a   Song, In Uk ^a   Shim, Yong Soo ^a   Park, Jeong Wook ^a   Yoo, Ji Yeon ^a   Kim, Yeong In ^a   Lee, Kwang Soo ^a  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Age; Cognition; Essential tremor; Motor task performance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGED; ATTENTION; COGNITION DISORDERS; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 77951069772     PISSN: 13554794     EISSN: 14653656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13554790903193216     Document Type: Article

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