Defining dystonic tremor

Current Neuropharmacology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 48-52

  Elble, Rodger J ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dystonia; Essential tremor; Tremor

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DYSTONIA; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC RISK; HEREDITY; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; LEWY BODY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PURKINJE CELL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREMOR;

EID: 84874832661     PISSN: 1570159X     EISSN: 18756190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157015913804999478     Document Type: Article

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