Clinical characteristics of essential tremor: data from a community-based study.

doi:10.1002/mds.870130508

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Clinical characteristics of essential tremor: data from a community-based study.

Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society - 1 Sept 1998

Louis E D, Ford B, Wendt K J, Cameron G

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BACKGROUND: 99.5% of individuals with essential tremor (ET) who live in the community have mild tremor and do not attend clinics. Clinic-based studies of ET have not allowed investigators to characterize the full clinical spectrum of this disorder. In community-based studies of ET, the primary fo...

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Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Cross-Sectional Studies
Female
Genetic Predisposition to Disease
Humans
Male
Mass Screening
Middle Aged
Neurologic Examination
New York City
Tremor

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