Cerebellar Purkinje cell loss is not pathognomonic of essential tremor

Parkinsonism and Related Disorders

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 16-21

  Rajput, A H ^a   Robinson, C A ^a   Rajput, M L ^a   Rajput, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Essential tremor; Lewy body; Parkinsonism; Pathology; Purkinje cells

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL LOSS; CELL NUCLEUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NUCLEOLUS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PERIKARYON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; AUTOPSY; CELL COUNT; CEREBELLUM; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; PURKINJE CELLS;

EID: 78651076681     PISSN: 13538020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2010.08.009     Document Type: Article

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