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However, this diagnosis has been questioned recently, and alternative diagnoses have been proposed.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Method:\u2002<\/jats:bold> We have charted Friedrich Nietzsche's final fatal illness, and viewed the differential diagnosis in the light of recent neurological understandings of dementia syndromes.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Results:\u2002<\/jats:bold> It is unclear that Nietzsche ever had syphilis. He lacked progressive motor and other neurological features of a progressive syphilitic central nervous system (CNS) infection and lived at least 12\u2003years following the onset of his CNS signs, which would be extremely rare for patients with untreated GPI. 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