Diagnosis Across the Spectrum of Progressive Supranuclear Palsy and Corticobasal Syndrome
Publication: JAMA Neurology
Edwin Jabbari, Negin Holland, Viorica Chelban, P. Simon Jones, Ruth Lamb, Charlotte Rawlinson, Tong Guo, Alyssa A. Costantini, Manuela M. X. Tan, Amanda J. Heslegrave, Federico Roncaroli, Johannes C. Klein, Olaf Ansorge, Kieren S. J. Allinson, Zane Jaunmuktane, Janice L. Holton, Tamas Revesz, Thomas T. Warner, Andrew J. Lees, Henrik Zetterberg, Lucy L. Russell, Martina Bocchetta, Jonathan D. Rohrer, Nigel M. Williams, Donald G. Grosset, David J. Burn, Nicola Pavese, Alexander Gerhard, Christopher Kobylecki, P. Nigel Leigh, Alistair Church, Michele T. M. Hu, John Woodside, Henry Houlden, James B. Rowe, Huw R. Morris
20 December 2019
This research looked at the distinguishing features of progressive supranuclear palsy and corticobasal syndrome subtypes and how they can be distinguished from Parkinson disease.
In this cohort study of 222 patients with atypical parkinsonian syndromes, recently defined progressive supranuclear palsy subtypes are almost as common as classic Richardson syndrome and share midbrain atrophy as a common hallmark. Distinct patterns of clinical trajectory, cognitive profile, serum neurofilament light chain level, genetic, and volumetric magnetic resonance imaging measures helped to distinguish the clinical subtypes of progressive supranuclear palsy and corticobasal syndrome; clinical trajectory and serum neurofilament light chain levels distinguished Parkinson disease from progressive supranuclear palsy and corticobasal syndrome
This study suggests that subtypes of progressive supranuclear palsy and corticobasal syndrome have distinct characteristics that may enhance their early diagnosis.