Essential Tremor: A Neurodegenerative Disease?
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Essential Tremor: A Neurodegenerative Disease?
BACKGROUND Essential tremor (ET) is one of the most common neurological disorders among adults, and is the most common of the many tremor disorders. It has classically been viewed as a benign monosymptomatic condition, yet over the past decade, a growing body of evidence indicates that ET is a progressive condition that is clinically heterogeneous, as it may be associated with a spectrum of cli...
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عنوان ژورنال: Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2160-8288
DOI: 10.5334/tohm.227