Essential tremor: Is the word “essential” really essential?

Essential tremor (ET) is among the common movement disorders. A surge in research in recent years has considerably improved our understanding of disease etiology and pathogenesis, and its associated clinical phenomenology and natural history. With this progress have emerged a multitude of new questions and conundrums and newly proposed terminologies. Amidst these various related discussions, it is worth revisiting the essence of the nomenclature, “essential tremor”, to assess how well it continues to fit the growing understanding of this entity.

Source: Parkinsonism and Related Disorders - October 20, 2020 Category: Neurology Authors: Abhishek Lenka, Elan D. Louis Tags: Point of view Source Type: research