We read with interest the recent article by Handforth and Martin, 1 "Pilot Efficacy and Tolerability: A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial of Levetiracetam for Essential Tremor." We also performed a pilot study of levetiracetam (LEV, Keppra) for essential tremor (ET) in 6 ET patients to assess its
Effective treatment for essential tremor
β Scribed by Robert R. Young
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 214 KB
- Volume
- 51
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0364-5134
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