The nedices study: Recent advances in the understanding of the epidemiology of essential tremor

Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Romero, Juan Pablo ^a   Benito León, Julián ^a,b,c   Bermejo Pareja, Félix ^a,b,c  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED SOBRE ENFERMEDADES NEURODEGENERATIVAS CIBERNED   (Spain)

^c SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Essential tremor; NEDICES

Indexed keywords

EID: 85119692527     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21608288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5334/TOHM.117     Document Type: Review

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