Young onset limb spasticity with PSP-like brain and spinal cord NFT-tau pathology.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
A 30-year-old white man presented with a sporadic form of gradually progressive spastic gait and, later, supranuclear vertical and horizontal gaze palsy, mild cognitive impairment, loss of postural reflexes, and falls. DNA analysis revealed H1/H1 haplotype without tau gene (exons 9 to 13) mutation. Eight years later, postmortem revealed a tauopathy similar to progressive supranuclear palsy. Unusual aspects were early age at onset, neurofibrillary tangle, and tau involvement of the cord.