Neuropathology: Many Paths Lead to Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia
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Neuropathology: Many Paths Lead to Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia
Studies with animal models are providing new insights into the pathology of hereditary spastic paraplegia, particularly how mutations in multiple, converging pathways can lead to this family of neuropathies.
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Hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP) or Strümpell-Lorrain syndrome is a heterogeneous group of inherited disorders, with prevalence ranged from 4.3 to 9.6 cases per 100,000 population. A common feature of these disorders is the slowly progressive and often severe spasticity, noticeably especially in the low limbs. Conventionally, HSP is divided into two clinical groups, uncomplicated (pure spast...
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111 families, and Paskind and Stone (1933) also summarized the literature with accounts of another 36 reports from 40 families. Since then about 50 further reports have appeared, covering some 60 families, bringing the total so far to 176 reports of 215 families. Of these the majority have originated in Germany or elsewhere in Europe, but with a substantial number from the Americas. In Britain,...
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objective hereditary spastic paraplegia (hsp) is a degenerative disease of genetic origin affecting the corticospinal tracts in the spinal cord. there are three forms of inheritance: autosomal dominant hsp, autosomal rececive hsp and x-linked hsp. this disease is characterized by progressive spasticity of leg muscles with varying degrees of stiffness and weakness of other muscle groups. in this...
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Hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP) is a clinically and genetically heterogeneous group of neurodegenerative disorders that are clinically characterized by progressive spasticity and weakness of the lower limbs. HSP genetic loci are designated SPG1-72 in order of their discovery. In 206 Japanese families with autosomal dominant HSP, SPG4 was the most common form, accounting for 38%, followed by...
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عنوان ژورنال: Current Biology
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0960-9822
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2004.09.076