Cerebrospinal fluid analysis for Whipple's disease in patients with progressive supranuclear palsy

Authors :: Francesca Romana Pezzella
Carlo Colosimo
Maria Grazia Paglia
Source :: Movement Disorders. 19:220-222
Publication Year :: 2004
Publisher :: Wiley, 2004.
Abstract: The clinical picture of neurological involvement in Whipple's disease (WD) may resemble progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP). We looked for WD pathogen DNA in the cerebrospinal fluid of 9 patients with a clinical diagnosis of PSP. The analysis was negative for all samples, showing that WD is not commonly involved in the aetiopathogenesis of PSP.

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