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Clinical and pathologic findings in hereditary spastic paraparesis with spastin mutation.
Neurology - 12 Jul 2000
White K D, Ince P G, Lusher M, Lindsey J, Cookson M, Bashir R, Shaw P J, Bushby K M
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OBJECTIVE: To describe a family with chromosome 2p-linked hereditary spastic paraparesis (HSP) associated with dementia and illustrate the cerebral pathology associated with this disorder. BACKGROUND: HSP comprises a heterogeneous group of inherited disorders in which the main clinical feature is severe, progressive lower limb spasticity. Nongenetic classification relies on characteristics such as mode of...
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