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Progressive supranuclear palsy

Progressive supranuclear palsy

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Progressive supranuclear palsy is a rare condition in which a person has a degenerative brain disease that damages nerve cells in the parts of the brain that control eye movements, breathing, swallowing, speech, muscle coordination, balance, etc...

Dr. Robert Kwok reviewed this

35 year experience in Pediatrics

How long it usually lasts:

Chronic (lasts years to lifelong)

How common it is:

Rare

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