Article
Hereditary spastic paraplegia: clinical-genetic characteristics and evolving molecular mechanisms.
Experimental neurology - 1 Nov 2014
Lo Giudice Temistocle, Lombardi Federica, Santorelli Filippo Maria, Kawarai Toshitaka, Orlacchio Antonio
Abstract excerpt
Hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP) is a group of clinically and genetically heterogeneous neurological disorders characterized by pathophysiologic hallmark of length-dependent distal axonal degeneration of the corticospinal tracts. The prominent features of this pathological condition are progressive spasticity and weakness of the lower limbs. To date, 72 spastic gait disease-loci and 55 spastic paraplegia genes...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
