Cerebrospinal fluid analysis for Whipple's disease in patients with progressive supranuclear palsy. |
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| Authors: | Francesca Romana Pezzella Maria Grazia Paglia Carlo Colosimo |
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| Institution: | Dipartimento di Scienze Neurologiche, Università La Sapienza, Rome, Italy. |
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| 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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| Keywords: | PCR PSP Whipple's disease |
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