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The field of movement disorders is discussed with reference to the two most common disorders: Parkinson disease and essential tremor; the similarities and differences between the two disorders are discussed.
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Lieberman, A.N., Dhanani, S.S. (2015). Movement Disorders: Viewpoint—Medical Therapy. In: Chin, L., Regine, W. (eds) Principles and Practice of Stereotactic Radiosurgery. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8363-2_57
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