Prevalence and characteristics of tremor in the NARCOMS multiple sclerosis registry: A cross-sectional survey

BMJ Open

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Rinker, John R ^a,b   Salter, Amber R ^c   Walker, Harrison ^a   Amara, Amy ^a   Meador, William ^a   Cutter, Gary R ^c  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b BIRMINGHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREMOR; UNEMPLOYMENT; AGE; AGED; ATAXIA; COMPLICATION; DISEASE COURSE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER; RESEARCH; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ATAXIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; RESEARCH; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TREMOR; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 84920748095     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-006714     Document Type: Article

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