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Identification of a novel homozygous SPG7 mutation in a Japanese patient with spastic ataxia: making an efficient diagnosis using exome sequencing for autosomal recessive cerebellar ataxia and spastic paraplegia.
Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) - 1 Jan 2013
Doi Hiroshi, Ohba Chihiro, Tsurusaki Yoshinori, Miyatake Satoko, Miyake Noriko, Saitsu Hirotomo, Kawamoto Yuko, Yoshida Tamaki, Koyano Shigeru, Suzuki Yume, Kuroiwa Yoshiyuki, Tanaka Fumiaki, Matsumoto Naomichi
Abstract excerpt
Autosomal recessive cerebellar ataxias and autosomal recessive hereditary spastic paraplegias are clinically and genetically heterogeneous disorders with diverse neurological and non-neurological features. We herein describe a Japanese patient with a slowly progressive form of ataxia and spastic paraplegia. Using whole exome sequencing, we identified a novel homozygous frameshift mutation in SPG7, encoding...
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