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A case of complicated spastic paraplegia 2 due to a point mutation in the proteolipid protein 1 gene.
Journal of the neurological sciences - 15 Sept 2004
Lee Eun Sil, Moon Han Ku, Park Yong Hoon, Garbern James, Hobson Grace M
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Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease (PMD) is a rare X-linked dysmyelinating disorder resulting from mutation of the proteolipid protein gene (PLP1). Clinical features of PMD include progressive psychomotor developmental delay, nystagmus, spastic quadriplegia, dystonia, and cerebellar ataxia. PMD is clinically classified into three subtypes according to the severity of the disease: connatal, transitional, and classic...
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