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Temblor familiar - Información general

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Temblor de tipo familiar

Definición:

Es un movimiento tembloroso involuntario que tiende a darse en familias. Involuntario quiere decir que la persona tiembla sin que trate de hacerlo.

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Causas, incidencia y factores de riesgo:

Los temblores ocurren cuando hay un problema con los nervios que inervan ciertos músculos y pueden afectar todo el cuerpo o solamente ciertas áreas, como la mano.

El temblor familiar es muy similar al temblor esencial, con la excepción de que los temblores afectan a más de una persona en la familia. La causa exacta de los temblores familiares se desconoce, pero el hecho de que se transmitan de padres a hijos (hereditario) sugiere que los genes juegan un papel. El temblor familiar generalmente es un rasgo dominante, lo cual significa que uno necesita sólo recibir el gen de uno de los padres para desarrollar el trastorno.

Los temblores generalmente se inician a principios de la madurez, pero se pueden observar en personas mayores o más jóvenes.

  • Fecha de revisión: 5/28/2008
  • Versión en inglés revisada por:Linda Vorvick, MD, Seattle Site Coordinator, Lecturer, Pathophysiology, MEDEX Northwest Division of Physician Assistant Studies, University of Washington School of Medicine; and Daniel B. Hoch, PhD, MD, Assistant Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
  • Traducción y localización realizada por: DrTango, Inc

Referencias

Jankovic J. Movement Disorders. In: Goetz CG. Textbook of Clinical Neurology. 3rd ed. St. Louis, Mo: WB Saunders; 2007: chap. 34.

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