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Corpus Callosum Structural Alterations in Essential Tremor with and Without Resting Tremor: A Multimodal MRI Study Cover

Corpus Callosum Structural Alterations in Essential Tremor with and Without Resting Tremor: A Multimodal MRI Study

Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements
Volume 15 (2025): Issue 1
By: Valerio Riccardo AquilaORCID,  Maria Celeste BonacciORCID,  Maria Eugenia CaligiuriORCID,  Rita NisticòORCID,  Maria SalsoneORCID,  Andrea QuattroneORCID,  Aldo QuattroneORCID and  Fabiana NovellinoORCID  
Open Access
|Oct 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/tohm.1083 | Journal eISSN: 2160-8288
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Language: English
Submitted on: Aug 1, 2025
Accepted on: Oct 12, 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 (ET),
ET with resting tremor,
Corpus Callosum,
Thickness,
Mean Diffusivity,
Fractional Anisotropy

© 2025 Valerio Riccardo Aquila, Maria Celeste Bonacci, Maria Eugenia Caligiuri, Rita Nisticò, Maria Salsone, Andrea Quattrone, Aldo Quattrone, Fabiana Novellino, published by Ubiquity Press
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