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Essential Head Tremor Is Associated with Cerebellar Vermis Atrophy: A Volumetric and Voxel-Based Morphometry MR Imaging Study
A. Quattrone, A. Cerasa, D. Messina, G. Nicoletti, G.E. Hagberg, L. Lemieux, F. Novellino, P. Lanza, G. Arabia and M. Salsone
American Journal of Neuroradiology October 2008, 29 (9) 1692-1697; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A1190
A. Quattrone
A. Cerasa
D. Messina
G. Nicoletti
G.E. Hagberg
L. Lemieux
F. Novellino
P. Lanza
G. Arabia

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Essential Head Tremor Is Associated with Cerebellar Vermis Atrophy: A Volumetric and Voxel-Based Morphometry MR Imaging Study
American Journal of Neuroradiology Oct 2008, 29 (9) 1692-1697; DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A1190
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Essential Head Tremor Is Associated with Cerebellar Vermis Atrophy: A Volumetric and Voxel-Based Morphometry MR Imaging Study
A. Quattrone, A. Cerasa, D. Messina, G. Nicoletti, G.E. Hagberg, L. Lemieux, F. Novellino, P. Lanza, G. Arabia, M. Salsone
American Journal of Neuroradiology Oct 2008, 29 (9) 1692-1697; DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A1190
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