Essential tremor: Is it a neurodegenerative disease? No

Journal of Neural Transmission

Volumn 119, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1375-1381

  Kurtis, Monica M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL RUBER INTERNACIONAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Central oscillator; Essential tremor; Genetics; Neurodegenerative; Neuroimaging; Neuropathology; Neurophysiology; Tremor

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; CHROMOSOME 2P; CHROMOSOME 3Q; CHROMOSOME 6P; CHROMOSOME MAP; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LEWY BODY; MOOD DISORDER; MORTALITY; NEUROIMAGING; OLFACTORY NERVE DISEASE; PACEMAKER; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PENETRANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ESSENTIAL TREMOR; HUMANS; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES;

EID: 84869502930     PISSN: 03009564     EISSN: 14351463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00702-012-0875-y     Document Type: Article

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