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Association Between Tremor Severity and Caregiving Intensity in Essential Tremor

Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements
Volume 15 (2025): Issue 1
By: Margaret E. GerbasiORCID,  Rodger J. ElbleORCID,  Holly A. ShillORCID,  Eddie Jones,  Alexander GillespieORCID,  John JarvisORCID,  Elizabeth ChertavianORCID,  Zachary SmithORCID and  Ludy C. ShihORCID  
Open Access
|Aug 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/tohm.1046 | Journal eISSN: 2160-8288
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Language: English
Submitted on: May 16, 2025
Accepted on: Jul 25, 2025
Published on: Aug 7, 2025
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year
Keywords:
essential tremor,
caregiving intensity,
activities of daily living

© 2025 Margaret E. Gerbasi, Rodger J. Elble, Holly A. Shill, Eddie Jones, Alexander Gillespie, John Jarvis, Elizabeth Chertavian, Zachary Smith, Ludy C. Shih, published by Ubiquity Press
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

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