title: Progressive supranuclear palsy misdiagnosed as schizophrenia.
abstract: A 72-year-old woman, who had previously been diagnosed as schizophrenic, experienced a year of deterioration in her ability to care for herself. She was variously diagnosed as having parkinsonism, catatonic schizophrenia, atypical psychosis, depression, and dementia before she was appropriately diagnosed as having progressive supranuclear palsy.
authors.forename: P T
authors.initials: PT
authors.lastname: Trzepacz
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Murcko
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Gillespie
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D014150:Antipsychotic Agents / Q000009:adverse effects; D001480:Basal Ganglia Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000175:diagnosis; D010244:Bulbar Palsy, Progressive / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009886:Ophthalmoplegia / Q000175:diagnosis; D010302:Parkinson Disease, Secondary / Q000175:diagnosis; D012560:Schizophrenia, Catatonic / Q000175:diagnosis*
chemical_list: D014150:Antipsychotic Agents