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Problems in the differential diagnosis of essential tremor

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Essential tremor is a common disorder and is usually considered to be mono-symptomatic. An increasingly common problem in clinical practice is in distinguishing essential tremor from the tremor arising in association with Parkinson’s disease, particularly as it presents in the elderly patient (Raymond, 1876; Marshall, 1968).

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Regional Centre for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Oldchurch Hospital, Romford, UK

    Leslie J. Findley (Consultant Neurologist, Visiting Consultant Neurologist, Research Neurologist) & Rudy Capildeo (Consultant Neurologist) (Consultant Neurologist, Visiting Consultant Neurologist, Research Neurologist) &  (Consultant Neurologist)

  2. Harold Wood Hospital, Romford, Essex, UK

    Leslie J. Findley (Consultant Neurologist, Visiting Consultant Neurologist, Research Neurologist) (Consultant Neurologist, Visiting Consultant Neurologist, Research Neurologist)

  3. Queen Elizabeth Military Hospital, Woolwich, London, UK

    Leslie J. Findley (Consultant Neurologist, Visiting Consultant Neurologist, Research Neurologist) (Consultant Neurologist, Visiting Consultant Neurologist, Research Neurologist)

  4. MRC Neuro-Otology Unit, Institute of Neurology, The National Hospital, Queen Square, London, UK

    Leslie J. Findley (Consultant Neurologist, Visiting Consultant Neurologist, Research Neurologist) (Consultant Neurologist, Visiting Consultant Neurologist, Research Neurologist)

  5. Basildon and Orsett Hospitals, Essex, UK

    Rudy Capildeo (Consultant Neurologist) (Consultant Neurologist)

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Salisachs, P., Findley, L.J. (1984). Problems in the differential diagnosis of essential tremor. In: Findley, L.J., Capildeo, R. (eds) Movement Disorders: Tremor. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-06757-2_15

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