Tremor

Etiology

  • Enhanced physiologic tremor, eg, anxiety
  • Essential (familial) tremor
  • Parkinson's disease
  • Hyperthyroidism
  • Hepatic encephalopathy
  • Cerebellar tremor, eg, multiple sclerosis
  • Adult-onset idiopathic dystonia
  • Wilson's disease
  • Drugs: caffeine, alcohol withdrawal, sympathomimetics, antipsychotics, theophylline, metoclopramide, lithium, levothyroxine, tricyclic antidepressants, valproic acid, reserpine
  • Psychogenic tremor

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Last updated: December 1, 2014