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SUBMITTER: Meijer IA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC384953 | biostudies-literature | 2002 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Meijer I A IA Hand C K CK Grewal K K KK Stefanelli M G MG Ives E J EJ Rouleau G A GA
American journal of human genetics 20011231 3
The hereditary spastic ataxias (HSA) are a group of clinically heterogeneous neurodegenerative disorders characterized by lower-limb spasticity and generalized ataxia. HSA was diagnosed in three unrelated autosomal dominant families from Newfoundland, who presented mainly with severe leg spasticity, dysarthria, dysphagia, and ocular-movement abnormalities. A genomewide scan was performed on one family, and linkage to a novel locus for HSA on chromosome 12p13, which contains the as-yet-unidentifi ...[more]