Clinical and genetic aspects of progressive supranuclear palsy.

doi:10.1177/089198879801100208

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Clinical and genetic aspects of progressive supranuclear palsy.

Journal of geriatric psychiatry and neurology - 1 Jan 1998

Litvan I, Hutton M

Abstract excerpt

Progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) is, after Parkinson's disease, the most common form of degenerative parkinsonism. Several clinical features are used in the recognition of this disorder as well as in the differentiation from related disorders. Clinical criteria that could increase diagnostic...

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Aged
Brain
Dementia
Diagnosis, Differential
Genes, Recessive
Genetic Predisposition to Disease
Humans
Linkage Disequilibrium
Risk Factors
Supranuclear Palsy, Progressive
tau Proteins

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