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Novel SPG11 mutations in Chinese families with hereditary spastic paraplegia with thin corpus callosum.
Parkinsonism & related disorders - 1 Mar 2013
Cao Li, Rong Tian-Yi, Huang Xiao-Jun, Fang Rong, Wu Zhi-Yuan, Tang Hui-Dong, Chen Sheng-Di
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BACKGROUND: Hereditary spastic paraplegia is a clinically and genetically heterogeneous neurodegenerative disorder characterized by progressive spasticity of the lower limbs. Mutations in SPG11 gene have been recently identified as a major cause of hereditary spastic paraplegia with thin corpus callosum. METHODS: Two unrelated Chinese families were examined by clinical evaluation, mutation analysis of SPG11,...
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