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[AAA ATPases and hereditary spastic paraplegia].
Zhonghua yi xue yi chuan xue za zhi = Zhonghua yixue yichuanxue zazhi = Chinese journal of medical genetics - 1 Jun 2009
Wang Yin-guang, Shen Lu
Abstract excerpt
The hereditary spastic paraplegias (HSPs or SPGs) are clinically and genetically highly heterogeneous neurodegenerative disorders mainly characterized by progressive spasticity and weakness in the lower limbs. The inheritance mode includes autosomal dominant(AD-HSP), autosomal recessive(AR-HSP) and X-linked recessive(XR-HSP). Thirty-five loci have been mapped with 17 disease-associated genes identified. SPG4 and...
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