Marianna Sarchioto , Anna Nicolina Manca , Maurizio Melis , Giovanni Cossu
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Abstract
Thalamic stroke can be the cause of acute or delayed onset of movement disorders but it may also constitute their treatment. We report the case of an 89-year-old man with essential tremor in whom a right thalamic stroke caused long-term remission of severe contralateral tremor.