Endemic atypical parkinsonism

Lannuzel et al [1] report on 305 consecutive patients who presented to the departments of neurology in two of the French Antilles, Guadeloupe and Martinique, with probable neurodegenerative Parkinsonism over a four-year period (2012 –2016). Although the study is cross-sectional, the cohort in Guadeloupe has been followed-up since 1995. In the first study from Guadeloupe Caparros-Lefebre et al. [2] diagnosed only 22 (36%) of the patients presenting with Parkinsonism as Parkinson's disease (PD). The remaining patients had atypi cal Parkinsonism with some clinical features rarely found in PD: 31 were diagnosed with probable progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), 30 had an unclassifiable Parkinsonism, and four had atypical parkinsonism associated with motor neuron disease.
Source: Journal of the Neurological Sciences - Category: Neurology Authors: Tags: Editorial Source Type: research