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Novel SPAST deletion and reduced DPY30 expression in a Spastic Paraplegia type 4 kindred.
BMC medical genetics - 1 Apr 2014
Racis Loretta, Storti Eugenia, Pugliatti Maura, Agnetti Virgilio, Tessa Alessandra, Santorelli Filippo M
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The hereditary spastic paraplegias (HSPs) are pleiomorphic disorders of motor pathway and a large number of affected genes have been discovered. Yet, mutations in SPG4/SPAST represent the most frequent molecular etiology in autosomal dominant (AD) patients and sporadic cases. We describe a large, AD-HSP Sardinian family where 5 out of several living members harbored a novel deletion affecting also the...
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