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Mutations in the KIAA0196 gene at the SPG8 locus cause hereditary spastic paraplegia.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Jan 2007
Valdmanis Paul N, Meijer Inge A, Reynolds Annie, Lei Adrienne, MacLeod Patrick, Schlesinger David, Zatz Mayana, Reid Evan, Dion Patrick A, Drapeau Pierre, Rouleau Guy A
Abstract excerpt
Hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP) is a progressive upper-motor neurodegenerative disease. The eighth HSP locus, SPG8, is on chromosome 8p24.13. The three families previously linked to the SPG8 locus present with relatively severe, pure spastic paraplegia. We have identified three mutations in t...
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