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Mutation analysis of the paraplegin gene (SPG7) in patients with hereditary spastic paraplegia.
Neurology - 14 Mar 2006
Elleuch N, Depienne C, Benomar A, Hernandez A M Ouvrard, Ferrer X, Fontaine B, Grid D, Tallaksen C M E, Zemmouri R, Stevanin G, Durr A, Brice A
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Mutations in the SPG7 gene, which encodes paraplegin, are responsible for an autosomal recessive hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP). OBJECTIVE: To screen the SPG7 gene in a large population of HSP families compatible with autosomal recessive transmission. METHODS: The authors analyzed 136 probands with pure or complex HSP for mutations in the SPG7 using denaturation high-performance liquid...
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