Article
Hereditary spastic paraplegia.
Handbook of clinical neurology - 1 Jan 2018
Blackstone Craig
Abstract excerpt
The hereditary spastic paraplegias (HSPs) are a heterogeneous group of neurologic disorders with the common feature of prominent lower-extremity spasticity, resulting from a length-dependent axonopathy of corticospinal upper motor neurons. The HSPs exist not only in "pure" forms but also in "complex" forms that are associated with additional neurologic and extraneurologic features. The HSPs are among the most...
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