Complicated autosomal recessive hereditary spastic paraplegia: A complex picture is emerging

Neurology

Volumn 70, Issue 16 PART 2, 2008, Pages 1375-1376

  Hedera, Peter ^a,c   Bandmann, Oliver ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; SPATASCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; EDITORIAL; FAMILY HISTORY; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DISORDER; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 42049100753     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000310433.12618.e4     Document Type: Editorial

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