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The Neuropsychiatric Evolution of a Case of Progressive Supranuclear Palsy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Sing Lee
Sing Lee*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, NT, Hong Kong
*
Department of Psychiatry, 11/F, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, NT, Hong Kong
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Abstract

The neuropsychiatric changes in a Chinese patient suffering from progressive supranuclear palsy led to a difficult diagnosis. Polysomnography revealed sleep fragmentation and central apnoea.

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Brief Reports
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 158 , Issue 2 , February 1991 , pp. 273 - 275
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1991 

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