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Ataxic Gait in Essential Tremor: A Disease-Associated Feature?

Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements
Volume 9 (2019): Issue 0
By: Ashwini K. Rao and  Elan D. Louis  
Open Access
|Jun 2019

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/tohm.507 | Journal eISSN: 2160-8288
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Language: English
Submitted on: Feb 6, 2019
Accepted on: Mar 5, 2019
Published on: Jun 19, 2019
Published by: Columbia University Libraries/Information Services
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year
Keywords:
Essential tremor,
mobility,
gait,
balance,
posture,
ataxia

© 2019 Ashwini K. Rao, Elan D. Louis, published by Columbia University Libraries/Information Services
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons License.

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