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A new locus (SPG47) maps to 1p13.2-1p12 in an Arabic family with complicated autosomal recessive hereditary spastic paraplegia and thin corpus callosum.
Journal of the neurological sciences - 15 Jun 2011
Blumkin Lubov, Lerman-Sagie Tally, Lev Dorit, Yosovich Keren, Leshinsky-Silver Esther
Abstract excerpt
The hereditary spastic paraplegias (HSP) are a heterogeneous group of genetic neurodegenerative disorders in which the main feature is progressive spasticity of the lower limbs due to pyramidal tract dysfunction. Clinically HSP are divided into two forms: a pure form that presents with progressive lower limb spasticity and weakness, sensory signs and bladder dysfunction, and a complicated form, associated with...
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