A Case of Intractable Psychogenic Essential Palatal Tremor

Essential palatal tremor (EPT) is a rare disorder which shows rhythmic involuntary movement of the muscles of soft palate, especially tensor veli palatini muscle. EPT is classified by two subtypes, which is primary and secondary EPT. Secondary EPT includes psychogenic type. We describe a case of int...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Chung, Eun Joo, Jung, Hyun, Kim, Sang Jin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Movement Disorder Society 2012
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4027662/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24868416
http://dx.doi.org/10.14802/jmd.12013
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Sumario:Essential palatal tremor (EPT) is a rare disorder which shows rhythmic involuntary movement of the muscles of soft palate, especially tensor veli palatini muscle. EPT is classified by two subtypes, which is primary and secondary EPT. Secondary EPT includes psychogenic type. We describe a case of intractable psychogenic EPT.

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