Talk:Progressive bulbar palsy

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replies: text: Hi WhatamIdoing, I would like to clarify the above. It is too strong to say that such links are not permitted - the page cited above is a guideline (a strong one, admittedly), and not policy, and so an editor may add such links so long as there is a good reason to include it. In this case, I agree that the forum link is unneeded. --Zippy (talk) 08:31, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: External links

message: In the section on epidemiology it says that "PBP is both progressive and slow, with symptoms lasting around 10 to 20 years until it reaches a fatal ending". In the section on symptoms it says that "Death, which is often from pneumonia, usually occurs 1 to 3 years after the start of the disorder." Which is true? As far as I can tell from some rapid research, the latter is true of this disease, not the former. But this is not an area in which I have any expertise. Help anyone? Invertzoo (talk) 14:35, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: PBP, now more commonly known as bulbar onset ALS has a prognosis that ranges from 1-3 years. This form of motor neuron disease is more aggressive than limb onset ALS (3-5 years). Savisha 10:54, 25 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree that this form of the disorder has a poor prognosis (because of early impairment of swallowing and consequent aspiration compounded by reduced vital capacity). The reference cited in favor of a slow course is from 1900.  That statement should be moved to the history section or deleted.  I am not sure, however, whether there might be forms of this disorder that never spread beyond the brainstem, which may, indeed, have slower progression. Presto54 (talk) 23:20, 23 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Some of the most basic information in the article is contradictory

message: In the Origin section it says:
The disease was first recognized by French neurologist, G. Duchenne in 1860 and termed, “labioglossolaryngeal paralysis”.[3] In 1859, Wachsmuth changed the name to progressive bulbar palsy
This can't be correct. You can't change in 1859 a name that doesn't still exist. (Unless Wachsmuth travelled back in time). Looking in other places, it appears that the name change was made by Wachsmuth in 1864, which would make sense, being 4 years after Duchenne gave this disease the first name.Alex Pascual (talk) 20:29, 22 July 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mistake in origin section