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ALS2-related disorders in Spanish children

Authors: Enrique Nogueira, Juana Alarcón, Carmen Garma, Cecilia Paredes

Published in: Neurological Sciences | Issue 5/2021

Abstract

ALS2 gene encoding for alsin protein is responsible for neurological disorders due to retrograde degeneration of the upper motor neurons of the pyramidal tracts, inherited in an autosomal recessive manner, and displaying a clinical continuum including the infantile ascending hereditary spastic paraplegiaidentified in three Spanish children presented here.

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Title: ALS2-related disorders in Spanish children
Authors: Enrique Nogueira
Juana Alarcón
Carmen Garma
Cecilia Paredes
Publication date: 01-05-2021
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Keyword: Spastic Paraplegia
Published in: Neurological Sciences / Issue 5/2021
Print ISSN: 1590-1874
Electronic ISSN: 1590-3478
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-020-04899-0

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