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Large deletion involving the 5'-UTR in the spastin gene caused mild phenotype of autosomal dominant hereditary spastic paraplegia.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 15 Feb 2005
Iwanaga Hiroshi, Tsujino Akira, Shirabe Susumu, Eguchi Hiroto, Fukushima Naomi, Niikawa Norio, Yoshiura Koh-Ichiro, Eguchi Katsumi
Abstract excerpt
Hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP) due to mutations in the spastin gene (SPG4) located to 2p22-p21 is the most common form of autosomal dominant (AD) HSP. We performed PCR-based direct sequencing of SPG4, followed by a linkage analysis and subsequent Southern blot analysis in large Japanese kindred where 20 of 33 members were evaluated neurologically, and consequently 6 were affected with HSP. Clinical...
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