Embarrassment in essential tremor: Prevalence, clinical correlates and therapeutic implications
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Embarrassment in essential tremor: prevalence, clinical correlates and therapeutic implications.
BACKGROUND Embarrassment is a commonly described feature of essential tremor (ET) but has not been the focus of clinical research. OBJECTIVE To estimate the prevalence, identify susceptible patient groups, and quantify the therapeutic correlates of reported embarrassment. METHODS A total of 106 ET cases from a population-based sample and 349 ET cases from a clinical sample were asked, "Does...
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عنوان ژورنال: Parkinsonism & Related Disorders
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1353-8020
DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2008.10.006