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Although investigators have quantified the prevalence of ET plus in cross-sectional studies, patients with ET plus have not been tracked longitudinally; hence, there is no understanding of its stability over time.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Methods:<\/jats:bold> We present prospective, longitudinal phenotypic data on an ET cohort that was followed regularly at 18-month intervals (T1, T2, T3, T4) for up to 64 months. We assigned an ET or ET plus diagnosis to each case at each time interval.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Results:<\/jats:bold> There were 201 participants at baseline. The proportion with ET plus increased from 58.7% at baseline to 72.1% at T4 (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> = 0.046). Of 172 (85.6%) who received a diagnosis of ET plus at one or more time intervals, the diagnosis was unstable (e.g., with reversion) in 62 (36.0%). We also assessed the stability of the clinical features of ET plus. 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