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Uncovering Cognitive Subtypes in Essential Tremor: A Data-Driven Clustering Approach in Cognitively Normal Individuals Cover

Uncovering Cognitive Subtypes in Essential Tremor: A Data-Driven Clustering Approach in Cognitively Normal Individuals

Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements
Volume 15 (2025): Issue 1
By: Alessia SaricaORCID,  Camilla CalominoORCID,  Rita NisticòORCID,  Maria SalsoneORCID,  Andrea QuattroneORCID,  Aldo QuattroneORCID and  Fabiana NovellinoORCID  
Open Access
|Nov 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/tohm.1090 | Journal eISSN: 2160-8288
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Language: English
Submitted on: Aug 9, 2025
Accepted on: Oct 23, 2025
Published on: Nov 5, 2025
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year
Keywords:
essential tremor,
memory,
cluster analysis,
normal cognition

© 2025 Alessia Sarica, Camilla Calomino, Rita Nisticò, Maria Salsone, Andrea Quattrone, Aldo Quattrone, Fabiana Novellino, published by Ubiquity Press
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