Roberto Erro, Andrea Pilotto, Luca Magistrelli, Enrica Olivola, Alessandra Nicoletti, Alessio Di Fonzo, Carlo Dallocchio, Francesca Di Biasio, Matteo Bologna, Alessandro Tessitore, Anna De Rosa, Angelo Fabio Gigante, Marcello Esposito, Vincenzo Moschella, Lazzaro di Biase, Francesca Valentino, Maria Russo, Elena Contaldi, Nicola Modugno, Alessandro Padovani, Paolo Barone
BACKGROUND: The construct of Essential Tremor plus (ET-plus) refers to patients who also have rest tremor and/or mild neurologic signs of unknown significance. It is unclear whether soft signs represent confounding factors or are useful in suspecting an alternative condition. METHODS: Using a Bayesian approach to ET-plus patients recruited in The ITAlian tremor Network (TITAN), we analyzed the probability that these patients do not have ET. RESULTS: The data of 274 ET-plus patients were extracted from the TITAN database...
October 2022: Parkinsonism & related Disorders