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The high prevalence of hereditary spastic paraplegia in Sardinia, insular Italy.
Journal of neurology - 1 Jan 2014
Racis Loretta, Tessa Alessandra, Di Fabio Roberto, Storti Eugenia, Agnetti Virgilio, Casali Carlo, Santorelli Filippo M, Pugliatti Maura
Abstract excerpt
The few epidemiological studies conducted to date on the heterogeneous group of hereditary spastic paraplegias (HSPs) indicate a prevalence of 1.27-12.1 per 100,000. This study aims to explore the epidemiological, clinical, and genetic variability of HSPs among Sardinians, a population of peculiar ethnicity.A population-based prevalence study was performed in north-western Sardinia between January 2000 and...
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