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A novel NIPA1 mutation associated with a pure form of autosomal dominant hereditary spastic paraplegia.
Neurogenetics - 1 May 2005
Reed Johanna A, Wilkinson Phillip A, Patel Heema, Simpson Michael A, Chatonnet Arnaud, Robay Dimitri, Patton Michael A, Crosby Andrew H, Warner Thomas T
Abstract excerpt
The hereditary spastic paraplegias (HSPs) are a clinically and genetically heterogeneous group of neurodegenerative disorders characterised by lower limb spasticity and weakness. Mutations in NIPA1 (Nonimprinted in Prader-Willi/Angelman syndrome 1) have recently been identified as a cause of autosomal dominant pure HSP, with one mutation described in two unrelated families. NIPA1 has no known function but is...
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