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Prevalence of Diagnosed Essential Tremor in the United States: An Administrative Claims-Based Study

Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements
Volume 15 (2025): Issue 1
By: Junji LinORCID,  Rajesh PahwaORCID,  Elan D. LouisORCID,  Ragy SaadORCID,  Kelly E. LyonsORCID,  Michael Markowitz,  Liza R. GibbsORCID,  Aisara Chansakul,  John KronerORCID,  Douglas S. Fuller,  Weiyi NiORCID,  Arthur SillahORCID,  Michelle BaladiORCID,  Luigi M. BarbatoORCID and  Sanket Shah  
Open Access
|Oct 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/tohm.1060 | Journal eISSN: 2160-8288
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Language: English
Submitted on: Jun 12, 2025
Accepted on: Oct 1, 2025
Published on: Oct 21, 2025
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year
Keywords:
essential tremor,
prevalence,
real-world evidence,
real-world data,
administrative claims

© 2025 Junji Lin, Rajesh Pahwa, Elan D. Louis, Ragy Saad, Kelly E. Lyons, Michael Markowitz, Liza R. Gibbs, Aisara Chansakul, John Kroner, Douglas S. Fuller, Weiyi Ni, Arthur Sillah, Michelle Baladi, Luigi M. Barbato, Sanket Shah, published by Ubiquity Press
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