Novel mutation in the SPG3A gene in an African American family with an early onset of hereditary spastic paraplegia

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 61, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1600-1603

  Hedera, Peter ^a   Fenichel, Gerald M ^a   Blair, Marcia ^a   Haines, Jonathan L ^a,b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOLEUCINE; THREONINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL INHERITANCE; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 14Q; CHROMOSOME 2P; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FAMILY; FEMALE; GAIT; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC LINKAGE; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; HUMAN; MALE; MISSENSE MUTATION; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPG3A GENE; WALKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 14; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GTP PHOSPHOHYDROLASES; HUMANS; ISOLEUCINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; SPASTIC PARAPLEGIA, HEREDITARY; THREONINE;

EID: 5344275885     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.61.10.1600     Document Type: Article

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