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An SPG7 mutation as a novel cause of monogenic progressive muscular atrophy.
Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology - 1 Sept 2023
Pereira Ângela, Tkachenko Nataliya, Fortuna Ana Maria, Alonso Isabel, Cardoso Márcio, Da Silva Jorge Diogo
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BACKGROUND: Progressive muscular atrophy (PMA) is a rare adult-onset neurological disease that is characterized by isolated lower motor neuron degeneration. While it is still disputable whether PMA is a subtype of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) or an isolated disorder, it is well-established as a clinically defined entity. About 5% of PMA cases are monogenic, and the implicated genes largely overlap with...
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