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Rare Brain Diseases Often Misdiagnosed
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Apr 26, 2012 - 5:10:55 PM

Emory physician researcher to headline conference on frontotemporal dementia

(HealthNewsDigest.com) - ATLANTA - Three different times by three different doctors, Rex Yoder was told that his wife had Alzheimer’s disease. Three times, Rex felt in his heart they were wrong. After months of waiting and inaccurate diagnoses, Patty’s disease finally had a name: progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP).

According to the World Health Organization, cases of dementia-related diseases, like PSP, are set to triple by 2050. PSP can be classified under the frontotemporal degeneration (FTD) spectrum of disorders. While classic forms of PSP primarily involve balance problems, patients with PSP can develop significant impairment in speech and cognition even in the absence of balance problems.

Learn more: http://news.emory.edu/stories/2012/04/frontotemporal_dementia/

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