Head tremor secondary to MS resolved with rituximab

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1157-1160

  Chansakul, Chakorn ^a   Moguel Cobos, Guillermo ^a   Bomprezzi, Roberto ^a  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebellar tremor; Head tremor; Multiple sclerosis; Rituximab

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE; RITUXIMAB;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DYSDIADOCHOKINESIA; DYSKINESIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD TREMOR; HUMAN; HYPERREFLEXIA; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESTHESIA; STEROID THERAPY; TREMOR;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL, MURINE-DERIVED; BRAIN; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; TREMOR;

EID: 84856212729     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: 15903478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-011-0600-x     Document Type: Article

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