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A large Japanese SPG4 family with a novel insertion mutation of the SPG4 gene: a clinical and genetic study.
Journal of the neurological sciences - 15 Mar 2001
Namekawa M, Takiyama Y, Sakoe K, Shimazaki H, Amaike M, Niijima K, Nakano I, Nishizawa M
Abstract excerpt
We studied a large Japanese family with autosomal dominant pure hereditary spastic paraplegia (ADPHSP) clinically and genetically. To date, seven loci causing ADPHSP have been mapped to chromosomes 14q, 2p, 15q, 8q, 12q, 2q, and 19q. Among these loci, the SPG4 locus on chromosome 2p21--p22 has be...
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