title: Cortical Tremor (CT) with coincident orthostatic movements.
abstract: Cortical tremor (CT) is a form of cortical reflex myoclonus that can mimic essential tremor (ET). Clinical features that are helpful in distinguishing CT from ET are the irregular and jerky appearance of the movements. We report two patients with CT with coexisting orthostatic movements, either orthostatic tremor (OT) or myoclonus, who experienced functional improvement in both cortical myoclonus and orthostatic movements when treated with levetiracetam.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Movement Disorder Division, 5 East 98th St, New York, NY 10029 USA ; Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY USA.
authors.forename: Pichet
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Termsarasab
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Movement Disorder Division, 5 East 98th St, New York, NY 10029 USA ; Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY USA.
authors.forename: Steven J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Frucht
keywords: Cortical tremor; Levetiracetam; Orthostatic tremor