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Pseudobulbar Palsy

 Subject

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Subject Source: Medical Subject Headings
Scope Note: Notes = A syndrome characterized by DYSARTHRIA, dysphagia, dysphonia, impairment of voluntary movements of tongue and facial muscles, and emotional lability. This condition is caused by diseases that affect the motor fibers that travel from the cerebral cortex to the lower BRAIN STEM (i.e., corticobulbar tracts); including MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; and CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p489),Created For = LHSA-Dott

Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:

PR2.14214, 1954

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14214
Scope and Contents

Notes and correspondence relating to female from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 55 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: hypertension; dysarthria; dysphonia; pseudo-bulbar palsy; cerebral vascular accidents; spastic hemiparesis; and face pain. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1954
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Folder-based Case Notes / RIE, Professor Norman Dott, Neurology, Ward 20 (part 3)

PR2.18797, 1958

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.18797
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and notes relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 65 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: mental deterioration; pseudo-bulbar palsy; and confusion. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1958
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Folder-based Case Notes / RIE, Professor Norman Dott, Neurology, Ward 20 (part 4)

PR2.18818, 1958-1968

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.18818
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, correspondence and charts relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 45 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: subarachnoid haemorrhage; epilepsy; and emotional incontinence. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1958-1968
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Folder-based Case Notes / RIE, Professor Norman Dott, Neurology, Ward 20 (part 4)

PR2.20454, 1959

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.20454
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and reports relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 48 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: ?degenerative cervical column disease; ?pseudobulbar palsy (NYD); and lower lumbar backache. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1959
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Folder-based Case Notes / RIE, Professor Norman Dott, Neurology, Ward 20 (part 4)