Age of onset: Can we rely on essential tremor patients to report this? data from a prospective, longitudinal study

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 93-98

  Louis, Elan D ^a,b,c,d  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain and the Gertrude H Sergievsky Center   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

^d NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Age of onset; Clinical factors; Epidemiology; Essential tremor; Genetics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; DISEASE DURATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF REPORT; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; CONNECTICUT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NEW JERSEY; NEW YORK; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF REPORT;

EID: 84867683382     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: 14230208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000341903     Document Type: Article

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