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Molecular epidemiology and clinical spectrum of hereditary spastic paraplegia in the Japanese population based on comprehensive mutational analyses.
Journal of human genetics - 1 Mar 2014
Ishiura Hiroyuki, Takahashi Yuji, Hayashi Toshihiro, Saito Kayoko, Furuya Hirokazu, Watanabe Mitsunori, Murata Miho, Suzuki Mikiya, Sugiura Akira, Sawai Setsu, Shibuya Kazumoto, Ueda Naohisa, Ichikawa Yaeko, Kanazawa Ichiro, Goto Jun, Tsuji Shoji
Abstract excerpt
Hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP) is one of the most genetically heterogeneous neurodegenerative disorders characterized by progressive spasticity and pyramidal weakness of lower limbs. Because >30 causative genes have been identified, screening of multiple genes is required for establishing molecular diagnosis of individual patients with HSP. To elucidate molecular epidemiology of HSP in the Japanese...
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