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Intrafamilial variability in hereditary spastic paraplegia associated with an SPG4 gene mutation.
Neurology - 12 Sept 2000
Santorelli F M, Patrono C, Fortini D, Tessa A, Comanducci G, Bertini E, Pierallini A, Amabile G A, Casali C
Abstract excerpt
The authors studied a family with pure autosomal dominant spastic paraplegia (ADHSP) that showed a marked intrafamilial variability in both age at onset and clinical severity, ranging from severe congenital presentation to mild involvement after age 55. They found a novel mutation in the SPG4 gene, which segregates with the disease in six patients. The mutation affects the consensus donor splice site of SPG4...
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