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Genotypic and Phenotypic Profile of Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia in Children: A Single-Centre Study from Northern India.

Jul 2026 · Indian Pediatrics · 0 citations · 10 references
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HSP should be suspected in cases with slowly progressive spasticity in lower limbs, even without a family history, which may mimic cerebral palsy, and five novel variants and some recurrent variants, suggesting potential founder effects, were noted.

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