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Supranuclear ophthalmoplegia, pseudobulbar palsy, nuchal dystonia and dementia. A Clinical Report on Eight Cases of "heterogenous System Degeneration".

Publication Details

Trans. Amer. Neurol. Assoc., 88, 25-29.. 1963 CE.

First description of progressive supranuclear palsy as a distinct disorder. The authors recognized the same clinical syndrome in 8 patients and described the autopsy findings in 6 of them in 1963.

Thematic Classifications

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Entry Number#11951
Permanent Linkhttps://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/14157
Author Bio Linknytimes.com ↗
External URLsupranuclear-ophthalmoplegia-pseudobulbar-palsy-nuchal-dystonia-and-dementia-a-clinical-report-on-eight-cases-of-heterogenous-system-degeneration