Rising Problems with the Term “ET-plus”: Time for the Term Makers to Go Back to the Drawing Board

Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements

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Elan D. Louis¹ 

[1] Department of Neurology and Therapeutics, University of Texas Southwestern

关键词: essential tremor;    ET-plus;    clinical;    diagnosis;    classification;   

DOI  :  10.5334/tohm.555

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Ubiquity Press

【 摘 要 】

In this issue of the journal, Pandey and colleagues [1] raise concerns about the recently proposed term “ET-plus” and its implementation in various settings. As they point out, “ET-plus” includes ET patients with “questionable dystonic posturing”, a phraseology that is imprecise and difficult to operationalize in clinical and research settings. With their piece, Pandey and colleagues [1] add their voices to a growing literature that is critical of the proposed terminology [2–6].

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