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A novel mutation in PLP1 causes severe hereditary spastic paraplegia type 2.
Gene - 1 Jan 2014
Noetzli Leila, Sanz Pablo G, Brodsky Gary L, Hinckley Jesse D, Giugni Juan C, Giannaula Rolando J, Gonzalez-Alegre Pedro, Di Paola Jorge
Abstract excerpt
Hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP) type 2 is a proteolipid protein (PLP1)-related genetic disorder that is characterized by dysmyelination of the central nervous system resulting primarily in limb spasticity, cognitive impairment, nystagmus, and spastic urinary bladder of varying severity. Previously reported PLP1 mutations include duplications, point mutations, or whole gene deletions with a continuum of...
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