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Overview
Historical Perspective
Discovery
- James Parkinson, identified the tremor as "involuntary tremulous motion in parts not in action," in his essay on the shaking palsy, in 1817.[1]
- Orthostatic tremor was first described by Kenneth M Heilman in 1984[2].
- Pietro Burresi in 1874, used the term essential tremor.[3]
References
- ↑ Parkinson J (2002). "An essay on the shaking palsy. 1817". J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci. 14 (2): 223–36, discussion 222. doi:10.1176/jnp.14.2.223. PMID 11983801.
- ↑ Heilman KM (1984). "Orthostatic tremor". Arch Neurol. 41 (8): 880–1. doi:10.1001/archneur.1984.04050190086020. PMID 6466163.
- ↑ Burresi P. Sopra un caso di tremore essenziale. Memore originali. Conferenza raccolta dallo studente Alfredo Rubini (22 febbraio 1874, Siena). Lo Sperimentale 1874;33:475–481