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[Primary orthostatic tremor: report of 4 cases].
- Source :
-
Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria [Arq Neuropsiquiatr] 2000 Mar; Vol. 58 (1), pp. 146-9. - Publication Year :
- 2000
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Abstract
- We report on four cases of primary orthostatic tremor. The purpose of this study is the rarity of this type of tremor and the differential diagnosis with other tremors. The electrophysiological study showed a 15-20 Hz tremor frequency in our cases. There are clinical, electrophysiological and therapeutic differences of primary orthostatic tremor in report to other tremors of legs, according to the literature and characteristics of our cases.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Anti-Anxiety Agents therapeutic use
Anticonvulsants therapeutic use
Arm
Clonazepam therapeutic use
Depression drug therapy
Diagnosis, Differential
Electromyography
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Posture
Primidone therapeutic use
Propranolol therapeutic use
Tremor drug therapy
Leg
Tremor diagnosis
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- Portuguese
- ISSN :
- 0004-282X
- Volume :
- 58
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 10770880
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1590/s0004-282x2000000100022