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Is the anticonvulsant topiramate beneficial in essential tremor?

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boxed-textOndo WG et al. (2006) Topiramate in essential tremor: a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Neurology 66: 672–677

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  2. a clinical research fellow Sobell Department of Motor Neuroscience and Movement Disorders at the Institute of Neurology, University College London, UK

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