He is President of the Motor Neurone Disease Association and the Brain Tumour Charity, Vice President of the Progressive Supranuclear Palsy Association and a Patron of Dignity in Dying.
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He later attributed his difficulties during the production of the show to the early stages of progressive supranuclear palsy, the disease that ultimately led to his death in 2002.
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She has also studied diseases including Lewy Body disease, Parkinson's disease, progressive supranuclear palsy, multiple system atrophy, frontotemporal lobar degeneration, and corticobasal degeneration.
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Robert Cohen died at the age of 86 at his home in Palm Beach, Florida, on February 1, 2012, of progressive supranuclear palsy, a neurological disorder.
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Guthrie is President of several charities, including Action Medical Research, the Army Benevolent Fund, Soldier On !, the Federation of London Youth Clubs and the Progressive Supranuclear Palsy Association.
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Scientists now think there may be a common mechanism that causes cell death in patients with Alzheimer's, Lou Gehrig's disease, Progressive Supranuclear Palsy and other neurodegenerative brain disorders.
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In March 2011, a court declared him incapacitated as a result of his battle with progressive supranuclear palsy ( PSP ), and his youngest child, Matthew, became his legal guardian.
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Ellen Katz, executive director of the Society for Progressive Supranuclear Palsy, said the disorder would have affected his movement, balance, vision, speech and swallowing, while leaving his mind clear.
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He presented his credentials to King Carl XVI Gustaf in Stockholm on June 9 . He left the position early after having been stricken with progressive supranuclear palsy ( PSP ), a fatal condition.
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Such injuries damage either an upper motor neuron ( supranuclear ) or the lower motor neuron ( intranuclear ) Damage can be on one or both sides, which will affect symptoms that the damage causes.
