Article
Genetics of essential tremor.
Parkinsonism & related disorders - 1 Jan 2012
Jasinska-Myga Barbara, Wider Christian
Abstract excerpt
Essential tremor (ET) is a prevalent condition manifesting with progressive action tremor. Although ET was traditionally viewed as a sporadic disease, a significant proportion of cases report a positive family history of tremor. Autosomal dominant inheritance can be demonstrated in many families. Previously, genome-wide linkage studies in families mapped three loci for ET, hereditary essential tremor-1 (ETM1),...
Topics
- Animals
- Essential Tremor
- Genome-Wide Association Study
- Humans
- Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide