Essential tremor is not dependent upon cerebellar Purkinje cell loss

Parkinsonism and Related Disorders

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 626-628

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

^a SASKATOON HEALTH REGION   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Essential tremor; Pathology; Purkinje cell

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CELL COUNT; CELL LOSS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DISEASE DURATION; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOLUS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOPSY; CEREBELLUM; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE DEGENERATION; PURKINJE CELLS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84861193873     PISSN: 13538020     EISSN: 18735126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2012.01.013     Document Type: Article

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