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Progressive Supranuclear Palsy

Inheritance patterns and prenatal diagnosis

Inheritance patterns
Although the cause is not yet known, there may well be a genetic component to PSP. This is currently being intensively researched. However, the probability of inheriting this disease is extremely low. There are only a handful of families across the world where siblings of a PSP patient can be shown to have the disease. This is similar to the patterns seen in Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's, where there appears to be a small familial element, but the majority of cases are seen to be generic.

Prenatal diagnosis
Not applicable

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Medical text written October 2000 by Professor A J Lees. Last reviewed January 2005 by Professor A J Lees, Consultant Neurologist, The National Hospital for Neurology, London, UK and Director of Research, Reta Lila Weston Institute of Neurological Studies, London, UK and Chairman of the PSP Association Medical Advisory Panel.

 

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