ABSTRACT
I. Immune-Mediated Polyneuropathies 275
II. Hereditary Motor and Sensory Neuropathy 277
III. Motor Neuron Disease 278
IV. Focal Peripheral Nerve Lesions 279
References 279
Tremor may be observed in patients with peripheral nerve disorders. The occur-
rence of tremor in immune-mediated demyelinating and hereditary peripheral
neuropathies has been the most extensively documented, and a peripheral neuro-
pathy patient with tremor is most likely to have one of these disorders. Tremor
may also occur in certain forms of inherited motor neuron disease, such as
spinal muscular atrophy and X-linked bulbospinal atrophy. It remains unknown
why some peripheral neuropathy patients develop tremor while other similarly
affected patients do not. Genetic factors may play a role in some cases. This
chapter will review the most common tremor syndromes associated with
peripheral nerve disorders.
