A clinical test for the alcohol sensitivity of essential tremor

Movement Disorders

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2291-2295

  Knudsen, Karina ^a   Lorenz, Delia ^a   Deuschl, Günther ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alcohol sensitivity; Archimedes spirals; Essential tremor; Fahn scale; Rebound

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL SENSITIVITY; ARCHIMEDE SPIRALS RATING SCALE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE SEVERITY; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; HUMAN; MODIFIED FAHN SCALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 80055077116     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.23846     Document Type: Article

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