Article
Autosomal dominant familial spastic paraplegia: tight linkage to chromosome 15q.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Jan 1995
Fink J K, Wu C T, Jones S M, Sharp G B, Lange B M, Lesicki A, Reinglass T, Varvil T, Otterud B, Leppert M
Abstract excerpt
Autosomal dominant, uncomplicated familial spastic paraplegia (FSP) is a genetically heterogeneous disorder characterized by insidiously progressive lower-extremity spasticity. Recently, a locus on chromosome 14q was shown to be tightly linked with the disorder in one of three families. We perfor...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Axons
- Centromere
- Child
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 15
- Female
- Genes, Dominant
- Genotype
- Humans
- Ireland
- Lod Score
- Male
