Under-reporting of progressive supranuclear palsy

摘要

Ascertaining the true number ofdeaths from specifi c neuro degenerative diseases can be challenging. The revised bulletin Deaths from Neurodegenerative Diseases in England, 2002 to 2008, 1 published on Nov 8, 2010, shows this. Using revised mortality data supplied by the UK’s Offi ce for National Statistics (ONS), this bulletin highlights and addresses a problem in the current international rules concerning the coding of progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP; also known as progressive supranuclear ophthalmoplegia or Steele-RichardsonOlszewski syndrome) in the Inter national Classifi cation of Diseases, tenth revision (ICD-10).2