Essential tremor as a neuropsychiatric disorder
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Essential tremor: a heterogenous disorder.
Although essential tremor (ET) has been well characterized since 1887, there is still considerable controversy about the definition of ET, and there is no agreement among the experts as to whether ET is a symptom, a syndrome, or a specific disease entity. Some experts, including my esteemed colleague, Dr. Elble, have concluded that ET “may not be a single entity.” As I agree with this view, the...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the Neurological Sciences
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0022-510X
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2009.08.029