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Palatal Tremor – Pathophysiology, Clinical Features, Investigations, Management and Future Challenges

Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements
Volume 10 (2020): Issue 0
By: Shakya BhattacharjeeORCID  
Open Access
|Oct 2020

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/tohm.188 | Journal eISSN: 2160-8288
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Submitted on: May 6, 2020
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Published on: Oct 8, 2020
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Keywords:
palatal,
tremor,
hypertrophic,
olivary,
degeneration

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