Recognizing Uncommon Presentations of Psychogenic (Functional) Movement Disorders

Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Baizabal Carvallo, Jose Fidel ^a,b   Fekete, Robert ^c  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUANAJUATO   (Mexico)

^c NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chorea; Functional movement disorders; Palatal tremor; Parkinsonism; Psychogenic movement disorders; Tics

Indexed keywords

EID: 85125886847     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21608288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5334/TOHM.266     Document Type: Article

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