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Essential tremor: modern view of the problem and new neurosurgical treatment options

Katunina EA1,2, Gryaznev RA1, Shipilova NN1,2, Katunin DA1, Malykhina EA1,2
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1 Federal Center of Brain Research and Neurotechnologies of the Federal Medical Biological Agency, Moscow, Russia

2 Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, Russia

Correspondence should be addressed: Elena A. Katunina
Serpukhovskiy Val, 17, Moscow, 115191, Russia; ur.liam@aninutakle

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Author contributions: Katunina EA — manuscript writing; Gryaznev RA — literature review, data acquisition and processing, manuscript editing; Shipilova NN, Katunin DA, Malykhina EA — editing, formatting, approval of the final version of the article.

Received: 2024-02-28 Accepted: 2024-03-23 Published online: 2024-03-31
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