## Abstract The occurrence of hand tremors in patients with spasmodic torticollis (ST) was investigated in 55 patients by clinical and quantitative measurements. Ten patients had firstβorder or secondβorder relatives affected with postural tremor. Although 40% of the patients had a medical history
Obsessive-compulsive characteristics in patients with idiopathic spasmodic torticollis
β Scribed by Katalin Bihari; James L. Hill; Dennis L. Murphy
- Book ID
- 119095642
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1992
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 431 KB
- Volume
- 42
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0165-1781
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