ORTHOSTATIC TREMOR - A CAUSE OF POSTURAL INSTABILITY IN THE ELDERLY

被引:6
作者
GATES, P [1 ]
THYAGARAJAN, D [1 ]
机构
[1] ST VINCENTS HOSP,FITZROY,VIC 3065,AUSTRALIA
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10.5694/j.1326-5377.1990.tb125190.x
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R5 [内科学];
学科分类号
1002 [临床医学]; 100201 [内科学];
摘要
Three cases of a rarely described syndrome of posture-induced tremor of the legs and trunk, which occurs with standing but resolves with walking, sitting and lying, are described. This syndrome occurs in elderly patients and, in the three patients described, responded dramatically to a small dosage of clonazepam.
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