"Essential Tremor" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A relatively common disorder characterized by a fairly specific pattern of tremors which are most prominent in the upper extremities and neck, inducing titubations of the head. The tremor is usually mild, but when severe may be disabling. An autosomal dominant pattern of inheritance may occur in some families (i.e., familial tremor). (Mov Disord 1988;13(1):5-10)
| Descriptor ID |
D020329
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C10.228.662.350
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| Concept/Terms |
Essential Tremor- Essential Tremor
- Essential Tremors
- Tremor, Essential
- Tremors, Essential
- Benign Essential Tremor
- Benign Essential Tremors
- Essential Tremor, Benign
- Essential Tremors, Benign
- Tremor, Benign Essential
- Tremors, Benign Essential
Familial Tremor- Familial Tremor
- Familial Tremors
- Tremor, Familial
- Tremors, Familial
- Hereditary Essential Tremor
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| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Essential Tremor" by people in Profiles.
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Sataloff RT, Sarkar A. Voice Tremor Center: An Interdisciplinary Approach to a Challenging Problem. J Voice. 2021 May; 35(3):338-339.
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Miller TR, Guo S, Melhem ER, Eisenberg HM, Zhuo J, Kelm N, Dayan M, Gullapalli RP, Gandhi D. Predicting final lesion characteristics during MR-guided focused ultrasound pallidotomy for treatment of Parkinson's disease. J Neurosurg. 2021 03 01; 134(3):1083-1090.
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Miller TR, Zhuo J, Eisenberg HM, Fishman PS, Melhem ER, Gullapalli R, Gandhi D. Targeting of the dentato-rubro-thalamic tract for MR-guided focused ultrasound treatment of essential tremor. Neuroradiol J. 2019 Dec; 32(6):401-407.
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Miskin C, Carvalho KS. Tremors: Essential Tremor and Beyond. Semin Pediatr Neurol. 2018 04; 25:34-41.
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Rincon F, Louis ED. Benefits and risks of pharmacological and surgical treatments for essential tremor: disease mechanisms and current management. Expert Opin Drug Saf. 2005 Sep; 4(5):899-913.
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Walters AS, LeBrocq C, Passi V, Patel S, Hanna PA, Cohen B, Wagner M. A preliminary look at the percentage of patients with Restless Legs Syndrome who also have Parkinson Disease, Essential Tremor or Tourette Syndrome in a single practice. J Sleep Res. 2003 Dec; 12(4):343-5.