Tremor in primary adult-onset dystonia: Prevalence and associated clinical features

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 404-408

  Defazio, Giovanni ^a   Gigante, Angelo Fabio ^a   Abbruzzese, Giovanni ^b   Bentivoglio, Anna Rita ^c   Colosimo, Carlo ^d   Esposito, Marcello ^e   Fabbrini, Giovanni ^d   Guidubaldi, Arianna ^c   Girlanda, Paolo ^f   Liguori, Rocco ^g   Marinelli, Lucio ^b   Morgante, Francesca ^f   Santoro, Lucio ^e   Tinazzi, Michele ^h   Livrea, Paolo ^a   Berardelli, Alfredo ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEPHAROSPASM; CERVICAL DYSTONIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DYSTONIA; DYSTONIC TREMOR; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; ONSET AGE; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY ADULT ONSET DYSTONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREMOR; TREMOR ASSOCIATED WITH DYSTONIA;

EID: 84875216805     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp-2012-303782     Document Type: Article

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