Progressive supranuclear palsy presenting as primary lateral sclerosis but lacking parkinsonism, gaze palsy, aphasia, or dementia

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 323, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 147-153

  Nagao, Shigeto ^a,b   Yokota, Osamu ^b   Nanba, Reiko ^c   Takata, Hiroshi ^d   Haraguchi, Takashi ^a   Ishizu, Hideki ^e   Ikeda, Chikako ^b   Takeda, Naoya ^b   Oshima, Etsuko ^b   Sakane, Katsuaki ^b   Terada, Seishi ^b   Ihara, Yuetsu ^a   Uchitomi, Yosuke ^b  

^a Department of Internal Medicine   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Nanba Clinic of Neurology   (Japan)

^d Kinashi Obayashi Hospital   (Japan)

^e Zikei Institute of Psychiatry   (Japan)

Author keywords

Motor neuron disease; Primary lateral sclerosis; Progressive supranuclear palsy; Pseudobulbar palsy; Pyramidal signs

Indexed keywords

TAU PROTEIN;

AGED; APHASIA; APPETITE DISORDER; APRAXIA; ARTICLE; BABINSKI REFLEX; BRADYKINESIA; CASE REPORT; DEMENTIA; DYSARTHRIA; FEMALE; FRONTAL GYRUS; GAIT DISORDER; GAZE PARALYSIS; GLIOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERREFLEXIA; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; LEWY BODY; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROME; PARKINSONISM; PRIMARY LATERAL SCLEROSIS; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE SUPRANUCLEAR PALSY; PSEUDOBULBAR PALSY; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; STOMACH CANCER;

AGED; ASTROCYTES; COILED BODIES; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DYSARTHRIA; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; GLIOSIS; HUMANS; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES; REFLEX, ABNORMAL; SILVER STAINING; SUPRANUCLEAR PALSY, PROGRESSIVE; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; TAU PROTEINS; TDP-43 PROTEINOPATHIES;

EID: 84867874064     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: 18785883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2012.09.005     Document Type: Article

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