TY - JOUR
T1 - Preliminary NINDS neuropathologic criteria for steele-richardson-olszewski syndrome(progressive supranuclear palsy)
AU - Hauw, J. J.
AU - Daniel, S. E.
AU - Dickson, D.
AU - Horoupian, D. S.
AU - Jellinger, K.
AU - Lantos, P. L.
AU - Mc Kee, A.
AU - Tabaton, M.
AU - Litvan, I.
PY - 1994/11
Y1 - 1994/11
N2 - We present the preliminary neuropathologic criteria for progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) as proposed at a workshop held at the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, April 24 and 25, 1993. The criteria distinguish typical, atypical, and combined PSP. A semiquantitative distribution of neurofibrillary tangles is the basis for the diagnosis of PSP. A high density of neurofibrillary tangles and neuropil threads in the basal ganglia and brainstem is crucial for the diagnosis of typical PSP. Tau-positive astrocytes or their processes in areas of involvement help to confirm the diagnosis. Atypical cases of PSP are variants in whichthe severity or distribution of abnormalities deviates from the typical pattern. Criteria excluding the diagnosis of typical and atypical PSP are large or numerousinfarcts, marked diffuse or focal atrophy, Lewy bodies, changes diagnostic of Alzheimer's disease, oligodendroglial argyrophilic inclusions, Pick bodies, diffuse spongiosis, and prion protein-positive amyloid plaques. The diagnosis of combined PSP is proposed when other neurologic disorders exist concomitantly with PSP.
AB - We present the preliminary neuropathologic criteria for progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) as proposed at a workshop held at the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, April 24 and 25, 1993. The criteria distinguish typical, atypical, and combined PSP. A semiquantitative distribution of neurofibrillary tangles is the basis for the diagnosis of PSP. A high density of neurofibrillary tangles and neuropil threads in the basal ganglia and brainstem is crucial for the diagnosis of typical PSP. Tau-positive astrocytes or their processes in areas of involvement help to confirm the diagnosis. Atypical cases of PSP are variants in whichthe severity or distribution of abnormalities deviates from the typical pattern. Criteria excluding the diagnosis of typical and atypical PSP are large or numerousinfarcts, marked diffuse or focal atrophy, Lewy bodies, changes diagnostic of Alzheimer's disease, oligodendroglial argyrophilic inclusions, Pick bodies, diffuse spongiosis, and prion protein-positive amyloid plaques. The diagnosis of combined PSP is proposed when other neurologic disorders exist concomitantly with PSP.
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U2 - 10.1212/wnl.44.11.2015
DO - 10.1212/wnl.44.11.2015
M3 - Review article
C2 - 7969952
AN - SCOPUS:0028092015
SN - 0028-3878
VL - 44
SP - 2015
EP - 2019
JO - Neurology
JF - Neurology
IS - 11
ER -