Mixed tremors with integrity of nigrostriatal system: A clinical and DAT-SPECT follow-up study

Movement Disorders

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 662-664

  Arabia, Gennarina ^a   Fabiana, Novellino ^a   Morelli, Maurizio ^a   Paglionico, Sandra ^a   Salsone, Maria ^a   Giofrè, Laura ^a   Pucci, Franco ^a   Bagnato, Antonio ^b   Cascini, Giuseppe Lucio ^a   Nicoletti, Giuseppe ^c   Messina, Demetrio ^c   Quattrone, Aldo ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

^b Azienda Ospedaliera   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASAL GANGLION; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYMPTOM; FAMILY HISTORY; HUMAN; LETTER; MIXED TREMOR; NIGRONEOSTRIATAL SYSTEM; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TREMOR;

AGED; CORPUS STRIATUM; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TREMOR; TROPANES;

EID: 77951233356     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.22986     Document Type: Letter

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