Tremor associated with Klinefelter syndrome - A case series and review of the literature

Parkinsonism and Related Disorders

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 323-327

  Koegl Wallner, Mariella ^a   Katschnig Winter, Petra ^a   Pendl, Tamara ^a   Melisch, Barbara ^a   Trummer, Martin ^a   Holl, Etienne ^a   Werner, Ulrike ^a   Schmidt, Reinhold ^a   Schwingenschuh, Petra ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

DBS; Deep brain stimulation; Essential tremor; Klinefelter syndrome; Tremor analysis

Indexed keywords

CLONAZEPAM; DOPAMINE TRANSPORTER; GABAPENTIN; NIMODIPINE; PRIMIDONE; PROPRANOLOL; TOPIRAMATE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANDROGEN THERAPY; ARM MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRADYCARDIA; BRADYKINESIA; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CASE REPORT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FAMILY HISTORY; HAND TREMOR; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MENTAL INSTABILITY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPEAT PROCEDURE; RETIREMENT; SELF ESTEEM; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SKIN ULCER; SOMNOLENCE; THALAMUS; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VENTRAL INTERMEDIATE NUCLEUS; COMPLICATION; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; TREMOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; HUMANS; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREMOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896404263     PISSN: 13538020     EISSN: 18735126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2013.11.010     Document Type: Article

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