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Novel De Novo Mutations in KIF1A as a Cause of Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia With Progressive Central Nervous System Involvement.
Journal of child neurology - 1 Aug 2016
Hotchkiss Leslie, Donkervoort Sandra, Leach Meganne E, Mohassel Payam, Bharucha-Goebel Diana X, Bradley Nathaniel, Nguyen David, Hu Ying, Gurgel-Giannetti Juliana, Bönnemann Carsten G
Abstract excerpt
Hereditary spastic paraplegias are a clinically and genetically heterogeneous group of disorders characterized by lower extremity spasticity and weakness. Recently, the first de novo mutations in KIF1A were identified in patients with an early-onset severe form of complicated hereditary spastic paraplegia. We report two additional patients with novel de novo mutations in KIF1A, hereby expanding the genetic...
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