Seminars in Pediatric Neurology
Volume 16, Issue 2 , Pages 60-70 , June 2009

Tremor in Childhood

  • Stephanie Keller, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Division of Child Neurology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, The Children's Hospital of Alabama, Birmingham, AL
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to: Stephanie Keller, MD, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Child Neurology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, The Children's Hospital of Alabama, 1600 7th Ave. South, CHB 314, Birmingham, AL 35233
    • ,
  • Leon S. Dure, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Division of Child Neurology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, The Children's Hospital of Alabama, Birmingham, AL

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doi: 10.1016/j.spen.2009.03.007

Seminars in Pediatric Neurology
Volume 16, Issue 2 , Pages 60-70 , June 2009

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