Spastic paraparesis linked to a rare presenilin-1 mutation.

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Familial Alzheimer's disease (FAD) accounts for < 1% of AD cases and is mainly associated with pathogenic variations in presenilin 1 (PSEN1), PSEN2 and the amyloid precursor protein [1]. Most patients present with an earlier onset classic amnestic syndrome [2]. We report a 37-year-old female with progressive spastic paraparesis (SP), wheelchair-dependent at 40-years-old and bedridden at 43yo. She developed mild...

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