IIARD International Institute of Academic Research and Development

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEALTH AND PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH (IJHPR )

E-ISSN 2545-5737
P-ISSN 2695-2165
VOL. 8 NO. 1 2023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.56201/ijhpr.v8.no1.2023.pg15.21

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Progressive Supranuclear Palsy: A case report in Southern Nigeria

Ezunu Okechukwu Emmanuel , Akpekpe John , Yusuf Yakub , Osiatuma Victor Azubuike , Okojie Promise Joseph

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Abstract

Progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) is a progressive neurodegenerative clinical disorder. It is often diagnosed as Parkinson's disease due to the similar clinical presentation of these neurodegenerative disorders. Diagnosing PSP in low-medium-income countries such as Nigeria can be challenging as it is more of a diagnosis of exclusion and this relies largely on neuroimaging. The increasing availability of MRI in Nigeria in the last decade has helped to shore up the level of diagnostic certainty of this condition.

keywords:

Progressive, supranuclear, palsy, Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)

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