Hereditary spastic paraplegia caused by a mutation in the VCP gene

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Sir, The hereditary spastic paraplegias constitute a genetically and clinically heterogeneous group of disorders of which the main clinical feature is progressive lower limb spasticity due to pyramidal tract dysfunction. The cardinal signs result from a ‘dying back’ degeneration of the corticospinal tracts and dorsal column, predominantly due to disturbed axonal transport within the longest fibres that innervate...

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