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Carrolee Barlow, J. William Langston, Birgitt Schüle and colleagues review the current classification of parkinsonian disorders. They propose the term 'multisystem Lewy body disease' to encompass three genetic subtypes of Parkinson's disease and distinguish this from other non–Lewy body parkinsonian disorders.