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Expanding the clinical spectrum of SPG11 gene mutations in recessive hereditary spastic paraplegia with thin corpus callosum.
European journal of medical genetics - 1 Jan 2000
Abdel Aleem Alice, Abu-Shahba Nourhan, Swistun Dominika, Silhavy Jennifer, Bielas Stephanie L, Sattar Shifteh, Gleeson Joseph G, Zaki Maha S
Abstract excerpt
Hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP) represents a large group of neurological disorders characterized by progressive spasticity of the lower limbs. One subtype of HSP shows an autosomal recessive form of inheritance with thin corpus callosum (ARHSP-TCC), and displays genetic heterogeneity with four known loci. We identified a consanguineous Egyptian family with five affected individuals with ARHSP-TCC. We found...
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