Psychogenic palatal tremor may be underrecognized: Reappraisal of a large series of cases

Movement Disorders

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1164-1168

  Stamelou, Maria ^a   Saifee, Tabish A ^a   Edwards, Mark J ^a   Bhatia, Kailash P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Essential palatal tremor; Palatal myoclonus; Psychogenic; Symptomatic; Tic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PALATE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOGENIC PALATAL TREMOR; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ANTI-DYSKINESIA AGENTS; BOTULINUM TOXINS, TYPE A; COGNITIVE THERAPY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PALATAL MUSCLES; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; TICS; TREMOR;

EID: 84864757397     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.24948     Document Type: Article

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