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Mutations in phospholipase DDHD2 cause autosomal recessive hereditary spastic paraplegia (SPG54).
European journal of human genetics : EJHG - 1 Nov 2013
Gonzalez Michael, Nampoothiri Sheela, Kornblum Cornelia, Oteyza Andrés Caballero, Walter Jochen, Konidari Ioanna, Hulme William, Speziani Fiorella, Schöls Ludger, Züchner Stephan, Schüle Rebecca
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Hereditary spastic paraplegias (HSP) are a genetically heterogeneous group of disorders characterized by a distal axonopathy of the corticospinal tract motor neurons leading to progressive lower limb spasticity and weakness. Intracellular membrane trafficking, mitochondrial dysfunction and myelin formation are key functions involved in HSP pathogenesis. Only recently defects in metabolism of complex lipids have...
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