Episode 36
Essential tremor, Parkinson’s disease and dystonia: distinguishing the clinical features
September 19, 201925m 53s
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Show Notes
Essential tremor is the most common form of tremor in humans.
In this podcast, Dr Tom Hughes, Practical Neurology Associate Editor, interviews Dr Elan D Louis, Yale Neurology, Division of Movement Disorders, New Haven, CT, who’s the author of a recent paper called, ‘Essential tremor: a nuanced approach to the clinical features’.
They discuss this condition, not always easy to diagnose, and the distinction between essential tremor and Parkinson’s disease as well as dystonia.
Read the paper on the Practical Neurology website: https://pn.bmj.com/content/19/5/389.