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Hereditary essential tremor

MedGen UID:
95981
•Concept ID:
C0393615
•
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: Familial Tremor; Familial Tremors; Hereditary Essential Tremor; Tremor, Familial; Tremors, Familial
SNOMED CT: Hereditary essential tremor (609559001)

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PubMed

Diagnosis and Treatment of Essential Tremor.
Wagle Shukla A
Continuum (Minneap Minn) 2022 Oct 1;28(5):1333-1349. doi: 10.1212/CON.0000000000001181. PMID: 36222768
Essential tremor: diagnosis and management.
Shanker V
BMJ 2019 Aug 5;366:l4485. doi: 10.1136/bmj.l4485. PMID: 31383632
Consensus Statement on the classification of tremors. from the task force on tremor of the International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society.
Bhatia KP, Bain P, Bajaj N, Elble RJ, Hallett M, Louis ED, Raethjen J, Stamelou M, Testa CM, Deuschl G; Tremor Task Force of the International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society
Mov Disord 2018 Jan;33(1):75-87. Epub 2017 Nov 30 doi: 10.1002/mds.27121. PMID: 29193359Free PMC Article

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Etiology

Uric acid level may not be reduced in essential tremor.
Lee CY, Yoon JH, Park JH, Hong JY, Sunwoo MK, Kang SY
Int J Neurosci 2018 Dec;128(12):1163-1167. Epub 2018 Aug 20 doi: 10.1080/00207454.2018.1492574. PMID: 29936882
Genetics of essential tremor.
Jasinska-Myga B, Wider C
Parkinsonism Relat Disord 2012 Jan;18 Suppl 1:S138-9. doi: 10.1016/S1353-8020(11)70043-8. PMID: 22166413
Electrophysiologic transition from physiologic tremor to essential tremor.
Elble RJ, Higgins C, Elble S
Mov Disord 2005 Aug;20(8):1038-42. doi: 10.1002/mds.20487. PMID: 15852370
Modulation of postural wrist tremors by magnetic stimulation of the motor cortex in patients with Parkinson's disease or essential tremor and in normal subjects mimicking tremor.
Britton TC, Thompson PD, Day BL, Rothwell JC, Findley LJ, Marsden CD
Ann Neurol 1993 May;33(5):473-9. doi: 10.1002/ana.410330510. PMID: 8498824
"Resetting" of postural tremors at the wrist with mechanical stretches in Parkinson's disease, essential tremor, and normal subjects mimicking tremor.
Britton TC, Thompson PD, Day BL, Rothwell JC, Findley LJ, Marsden CD
Ann Neurol 1992 May;31(5):507-14. doi: 10.1002/ana.410310508. PMID: 1596086

Diagnosis

Cerebellar Atrophy in Cortical Myoclonic Tremor and Not in Hereditary Essential Tremor-a Voxel-Based Morphometry Study.
Buijink AW, Broersma M, van der Stouwe AM, Sharifi S, Tijssen MA, Speelman JD, Maurits NM, van Rootselaar AF
Cerebellum 2016 Dec;15(6):696-704. doi: 10.1007/s12311-015-0734-0. PMID: 26519379Free PMC Article
Genetics of essential tremor.
Jasinska-Myga B, Wider C
Parkinsonism Relat Disord 2012 Jan;18 Suppl 1:S138-9. doi: 10.1016/S1353-8020(11)70043-8. PMID: 22166413
Electrophysiologic transition from physiologic tremor to essential tremor.
Elble RJ, Higgins C, Elble S
Mov Disord 2005 Aug;20(8):1038-42. doi: 10.1002/mds.20487. PMID: 15852370
Essential tremor and its variants.
Britton TC
Curr Opin Neurol 1995 Aug;8(4):314-9. doi: 10.1097/00019052-199508000-00012. PMID: 7582049
Hereditary essential tremor in Buenos Aires (Argentina).
Herskovits E, Figueroa E, Mangone C
Arq Neuropsiquiatr 1988 Sep;46(3):238-47. doi: 10.1590/s0004-282x1988000300002. PMID: 3223829

Therapy

Hereditary essential tremor in Buenos Aires (Argentina).
Herskovits E, Figueroa E, Mangone C
Arq Neuropsiquiatr 1988 Sep;46(3):238-47. doi: 10.1590/s0004-282x1988000300002. PMID: 3223829

Prognosis

Electrophysiologic transition from physiologic tremor to essential tremor.
Elble RJ, Higgins C, Elble S
Mov Disord 2005 Aug;20(8):1038-42. doi: 10.1002/mds.20487. PMID: 15852370
Hereditary essential tremor in Buenos Aires (Argentina).
Herskovits E, Figueroa E, Mangone C
Arq Neuropsiquiatr 1988 Sep;46(3):238-47. doi: 10.1590/s0004-282x1988000300002. PMID: 3223829

Clinical prediction guides

Cerebellar Atrophy in Cortical Myoclonic Tremor and Not in Hereditary Essential Tremor-a Voxel-Based Morphometry Study.
Buijink AW, Broersma M, van der Stouwe AM, Sharifi S, Tijssen MA, Speelman JD, Maurits NM, van Rootselaar AF
Cerebellum 2016 Dec;15(6):696-704. doi: 10.1007/s12311-015-0734-0. PMID: 26519379Free PMC Article
Linkage analysis with chromosome 9 markers in hereditary essential tremor.
Conway D, Bain PG, Warner TT, Davis MB, Findley LJ, Thompson PD, Marsden CD, Harding AE
Mov Disord 1993 Jul;8(3):374-6. doi: 10.1002/mds.870080324. PMID: 8341306
Benign hereditary non-progressive chorea of early onset. Clinical genetics of the syndrome and report of a new family.
Burns J, Neuhäuser G, Tomasi L
Neuropadiatrie 1976 Nov;7(4):431-8. doi: 10.1055/s-0028-1091643. PMID: 1036766

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