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Shaking Up Essential Tremor: Peripheral Devices and Mechanical Strategies to Reduce Tremor Cover

Shaking Up Essential Tremor: Peripheral Devices and Mechanical Strategies to Reduce Tremor

By: Kian Adabi and  William G. Ondo  
Open Access
|Nov 2024

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/tohm.930 | Journal eISSN: 2160-8288
Language: English
Submitted on: Jun 20, 2024
Accepted on: Oct 26, 2024
Published on: Nov 11, 2024
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
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