Clinical Conditions "Suggestive of Progressive Supranuclear Palsy"-Diagnostic Performance.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Movement Disorder Society diagnostic criteria for progressive supranuclear palsy introduced the diagnostic certainty level "suggestive of progressive supranuclear palsy" for clinical conditions with subtle signs, suggestive of the disease. This category aims at the early identification of patients, in whom the diagnosis may be confirmed as the disease evolves.

Objective

To assess the diagnostic performance of the defined clinical conditions suggestive of progressive supranuclear palsy in an autopsy-confirmed cohort.

Methods

Diagnostic performance of the criteria was analyzed based on retrospective clinical data of 204 autopsy-confirmed patients with progressive supranuclear palsy and 216 patients with other neurological diseases.

Results

The cond

SUBMITTER: Grimm MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7953080 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature