How are we doing with the treatment of essential tremor (ET)?: Persistence of patients with ETon medication: Data from 528 patients in three settings

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 882-884

  Louis, E D ^a,b   Rios, E ^a   Henchcliffe, C ^c  

^a Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain and the Gertrude H Sergievsky Center   (United States)

^b Department of Neurology College of Physicians and Surgeons Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical; Essential tremor; Medication; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; CLOZAPINE; DIAZEPAM; GABAPENTIN; MIRTAZAPINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PRIMIDONE; PROPRANOLOL; TOPIRAMATE;

AGED; ARTICLE; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DONOR; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE;

EID: 77952501959     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2009.02926.x     Document Type: Article

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