Survey of medication usage patterns among essential tremor patients: Movement disorder specialists vs. general neurologists

Parkinsonism and Related Disorders

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 604-607

  Diaz, Nancy L ^a   Louis, Elan D ^a,b,c  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

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

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical; Epidemiology; Essential tremor; Medication; Treatment

Indexed keywords

PRIMIDONE; PROPRANOLOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; DRUG USE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICONVULSANTS; DRUG UTILIZATION; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGY; NEW YORK; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRIMIDONE; PROPRANOLOL; SPECIALIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77958153153     PISSN: 13538020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2010.07.011     Document Type: Article

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