A review of primary writing tremor

International Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 114-118

  Rana, Abdul Qayyum ^a   Vaid, Haris M ^a  

^a Movement Disorders Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

essential tremor; focal dystonia; primary writing tremor; task specific tremor; writer's cramp; writer's dystonia

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A; DIAZEPAM; PRIMIDONE; PROPRANOLOL; TOPIRAMATE;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; EXCITATION; FEMALE; FOCAL DYSTONIA; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIMARY WRITING TREMOR; REVIEW; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREMOR;

DYSTONIC DISORDERS; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; HANDWRITING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMUSCULAR AGENTS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 84856940502     PISSN: 00207454     EISSN: 15635279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00207454.2011.635827     Document Type: Review

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