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Phenotypic analysis of autosomal dominant hereditary spastic paraplegia linked to chromosome 8q.
Neurology - 13 Jul 1999
Hedera P, DiMauro S, Bonilla E, Wald J, Eldevik O P, Fink J K
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OBJECTIVE: To describe clinical, electrophysiologic, neuroimaging, and muscle biopsy features in a hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP) kindred linked to a new HSP locus on chromosome 8q. BACKGROUND: HSP is a genetically diverse group of disorders characterized by insidiously progressive spastic weakness in the legs. We recently analyzed a Caucasian kindred with autosomal dominant HSP and identified tight linkage...
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