Tremor severity and age: A cross-sectional, population-based study of 2,524 young and midlife normal adults

Movement Disorders

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1515-1520

  Louis, Elan D ^a,b,c   Hafeman, Danella ^d   Parvez, Faruque ^c   Liu, Xinhua ^c   Alcalay, Roy N ^b   Islam, Tariqul ^e   Ahmed, Alauddin ^e   Siddique, Abu Bakar ^e   Patwary, Tazul Islam ^e   Melkonian, Stephanie ^f   Argos, Maria ^f   Levy, Diane ^c   Ahsan, Habibul ^c,f  

^a Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons   (United States)

^b University of Pittsburgh ^*  (United States)

^c Department of Medicine   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Clinical; Epidemiology; Tremor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BANGLADESH; BETEL NUT; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROLOGY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TEA; TREMOR;

EID: 79960616080     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.23674     Document Type: Article

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