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Three novel spastin (SPG4) mutations in families with autosomal dominant hereditary spastic paraplegia.
Journal of the neurological sciences - 15 Sept 2002
Proukakis Christos, Hart Paul E, Cornish Amy, Warner Thomas T, Crosby Andrew H
Abstract excerpt
Hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP) is a clinically and genetically heterogeneous condition, characterised principally by progressive spasticity of the lower limbs. Forty percent of autosomal dominant (AD) pedigrees show linkage to the SPG4 locus on chromosome 2, which encodes spastin, an ATPase associated with diverse cellular activities (AAA) protein. We have performed a clinical and genetic study of three...
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