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Product Description: Almost three decades after progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) was first characterized, the first book on this disorder in now available. An authoritative resource, it provides state-of-the-art reviews of all the facets of this degenerative disease of the nervous system affecting movement, gaze, cognition, and other functions...read more