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Large deletion mutation of SPAST in a multi-generation family from Sardinia.
European journal of neurology - 1 Jun 2014
Racis L, Di Fabio R, Tessa A, Guillot F, Storti E, Piccolo F, Nesti C, Tedde A, Pierelli F, Agnetti V, Santorelli F M, Casali C
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The hereditary spastic paraplegias (HSP) are characterized by progressive spasticity of the lower limbs, mostly inherited as an autosomal dominant trait. Analyses of large HSP pedigrees could help to better characterize the phenotype due to a single causative mutation. Patients in a seven-generation kindred carrying a large deletion in SPAST/SPG4 are described. METHODS: Individuals...
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