Utility of routine surface electrophysiology to screen for functional tremor prior to surgical treatment of essential tremor

Utility of routine surface electrophysiology to screen for functional tremor prior to surgical treatment of essential tremor

Background: Patients with functional tremor may be clinically misdiagnosed as “medication-refractory” essential tremor (ET) and referred for surgical treatment. Electrophysiology can screen for functional tremor and avoid inappropriate surgery. Objective: To report the utility of surface electrophys...

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Main Authors: Claudia Z. Chou, J. Eric Ahlskog, Bryan T. Klassen, Elizabeth A. Coon, Farwa Ali, James H. Bower, Rodolfo Savica, Anhar Hassan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-01-01
Series:Clinical Parkinsonism & Related Disorders
Subjects:
Deep brain stimulation
Thalamotomy
Functional
Movement disorder
Essential tremor
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590112522000202

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