TY - JOUR T1 - Does rest tremor exclude the diagnosis of adult-onset primary dystonia? JF - Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry JO - J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry SP - 708 LP - 708 DO - 10.1136/jnnp-2012-304779 VL - 84 IS - 6 AU - Roberto Erro AU - Nial P Quinn AU - Susanne A Schneider AU - Kailash P Bhatia Y1 - 2013/06/01 UR - http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/84/6/708.abstract N2 - The diagnosis of adult-onset primary dystonia (AOPD) is mainly clinical, but requires the exclusion of any secondary causes. AOPD is characterised by sustained involuntary muscle contraction resulting in one or more body parts moved away from their neutral position. No other neurological sign is observed, apart from tremor. The 1998 Movement Disorder Society Consensus on Tremor states indeed that tremor and dystonia can be associated, defining the tremor affecting a dystonic body part as ‘dystonic tremor’, and the tremor affecting a non-dystonic body part as ‘tremor associated … ER -