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An SPG3A whole gene deletion neither co-segregates with disease nor modifies phenotype in a hereditary spastic paraplegia family with a pathogenic SPG4 deletion

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Acknowledgements

We thank the patients for participating and Kerstin Stein for technical assistance. This study was supported by the European Union (FP6–2002-LIFESCIHEALTH, Spastic Models) and the Tom-Wahlig-Stiftung. E.R. is a Wellcome Trust Advanced Training Fellow in Clinical Science.

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  1. Institut für Klinische Chemie und Laboratoriumsdiagnostik, Universitätsklinikum, Erlanger Allee 101, 07747, Jena, Germany

    Christian Beetz & Thomas Deufel

  2. MRC-Holland, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Anders O. H. Nygren

  3. Department of Medical Genetics, Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

    Evan Reid

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Beetz, C., Nygren, A.O.H., Deufel, T. et al. An SPG3A whole gene deletion neither co-segregates with disease nor modifies phenotype in a hereditary spastic paraplegia family with a pathogenic SPG4 deletion. Neurogenetics 8, 317–318 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10048-007-0099-8

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