Tremor entities and their classification: An update

Current Opinion in Neurology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 393-399

  Gövert, Felix ^a   Deuschl, Günther ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

dystonic tremor; essential tremor; scans without evidence of dopaminergic deficit; tremor

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE TRANSPORTER;

CONSENSUS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DYSTONIA; DYSTONIC DISORDER; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FOCAL DYSTONIA; HUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; REVIEW; TREMOR; UNDETERMINED TREMOR; CLASSIFICATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSTONIC DISORDERS;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DYSTONIC DISORDERS; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; HUMANS; TREMOR;

EID: 84941214051     PISSN: 13507540     EISSN: 14736551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WCO.0000000000000211     Document Type: Review

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