Blink reflex recovery cycle in patients with essential tremor associated with resting tremor

Neurology

Volumn 79, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 1490-1495

  Nisticò, Rita ^b   Pirritano, Domenico ^a   Novellino, Fabiana ^b   Salsone, Maria ^a   Morelli, Maurizio ^a   Valentino, Paola ^a   Condino, Francesca ^c   Arabia, Gennarina ^a   Quattrone, Aldo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARM DYSTONIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSTONIA; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; HUMAN; INATTENTION TREMOR; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME; TREMOR;

EID: 84867513680     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e31826d5f83     Document Type: Article

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