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Guadeloupean parkinsonism: a cluster of progressive supranuclear palsy-like tauopathy.
Brain : a journal of neurology - 1 Apr 2002
Caparros-Lefebvre Dominique, Sergeant Nicolas, Lees Andrew, Camuzat Agnes, Daniel Susan, Lannuzel Annie, Brice Alexis, Tolosa Eduardo, Delacourte Andre, Duyckaerts Charles
Abstract excerpt
An unusually high frequency of atypical Parkinson syndrome has been delineated over the last 5 years in the French West Indies. Postural instability with early falls, prominent frontal lobe dysfunction and pseudo-bulbar palsy were common and three-quarters of the patients were L-dopa unresponsive. One-third of all patients seen had probable progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP). This new focus of atypical...
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