essential tremor
movement disorder causing involuntary tremors, especially in the hand
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Summary
essential tremor is a rare disease[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of rare disease entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,480 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: class of disease[3]
- Subclass of: movement disorders[4], tremor[5]
- Commons category: Essential tremor[6]
- Has characteristic: idiopathy[7]
- NCI Thesaurus ID: C182453[8]
- Health specialty: neurology[9]
- Drug or therapy used for treatment: propranolol[10], topiramate[11], gabapentin[12]
- Genetic association: SLC1A2[13], LINGO1[14], FUS[15], TENM4[16], DRD3[17], NOTCH2NLC[18]
- Exact match: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_4990[19], http://identifiers.org/doid/DOID:4990[20], http://www.orpha.net/ORDO/Orphanet_862[21]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Medicine[22]
- P14914: D00862[23]
Why It Matters
essential tremor has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] It is known by 34 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]