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Identification of a novel SPG4 tandem base substitution in a Chinese hereditary spastic paraplegia family

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We thank the family members for participating in the study, which was supported by National Scientific Foundations of China (81000484, 81201511), Excellent Young Doctor Funds of Zhejiang Health (2008QN017, 2016144072), Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province (LY15H090006), Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province (ZR2013HQ016) and Key Research and Development Project of Shandong Province (2015GGH318011).

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  1. Department of Neurology, Second Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, People’s Republic of China

    Guohua Zhao

  2. Department of Neurology, Qianfoshan Hospital, Shandong University, 16766 Jingshi Road, 250014, Jinan, Shandong, People’s Republic of China

    Xiaomin Liu

  3. Department of Neurology, Children’s Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, People’s Republic of China

    Peifang Jiang

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Zhao, G., Liu, X. & Jiang, P. Identification of a novel SPG4 tandem base substitution in a Chinese hereditary spastic paraplegia family. Neurol Sci 38, 903–905 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-016-2792-6

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