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Case series of autosomal recessive hereditary spastic paraparesis with novel mutation in SPG 7 gene.
Neurosciences (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) - 1 Oct 2017
Bhattacharjee Shakya, Beauchamp Nicholas, Murray Brian E, Lynch Timothy
Abstract excerpt
Autosomal recessive hereditary spastic paraparesis is rare.We present 4 patients with slowly progressive predominantly lower limb spasticity and ataxia. Only one patient had family history of ataxia but without any underlying diagnosis. All of them proved negative for the mutation of Spinocerebelalr ataxia genes SCA 1,2,3 and 6. All had mutation in the SPG 7 gene suggestive of autosomal recessive hereditary...
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