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Movement disorders and alcohol misuse.
Addiction biology - 1 Jun 2006
Hess Christopher W, Saunders-Pullman Rachel
Abstract excerpt
Many movement disorders, including tics, chorea, tremor, myoclonus and parkinsonism, may result from substance abuse. However, alcohol in particular is associated in a more complex manner with two specific movement disorders, essential tremor (ET) and myoclonus-dystonia (M-D). In this review we discuss the comorbidity of alcohol abuse in both ET and M-D, the ameliorative effects of alcohol in both diseases, and...
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