A new SPG4 mutation in a variant form of spastic paraplegia with congenital arachnoid cysts

Neurology

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1875-1878

  Orlacchio, A ^a,d   Gaudiello, F ^a   Totaro, A ^a   Floris, R ^a   St George Hyslop, P H ^b,c   Bernardi, G ^a   Kawarai, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; BRAIN ARACHNOID CYST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; EXON; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FOCAL CORTICAL DYSGENESIS; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; HUMAN; ITALY; MISSENSE MUTATION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NERVE DEGENERATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SPASTIC PARAPLEGIA; SPG4 GENE;

EID: 2442687877     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000125324.32082.D9     Document Type: Article

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